#umpires

I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#humor #sports #umpires #humor

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it. ↗

— Cal Hubbard

#close #every #hit #i #misses

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it. ↗

— Bill Klem

#cannot #fans #game #recall #umpires

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams. ↗

— Bill Klem

#blaming #cowardly #field #instead #manage

Almost without exception, they are men who dreamed of athletic heroism as children; becoming umpires was their compromise with their own lack of talent. ↗

— Thomas Boswell

#umpires #dreams

Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions. ↗

— Jim Evans

#decisions #each #enables #evaluated #helps

When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had. ↗

— Jim Evans

#chief #coming #had #i #league

Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face. ↗

— Jim Evans

#biggest problems #constant #each #expected #face

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#argue #effort #game #i #made

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game. ↗

— Herb Kohl

#ball game #basketball #call #game #involvement