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He was just a great partner. That's the big thing umpires look for -- working together.
JOE WEST We have women umpires in India, but if there are male umpires employed we don't have any problems if...
MITHALI RAJ The umpires in the Catawba District do a nice job. There are some very good umpires in that district...
ROGER HAZEL The umpires are closer than we are. We tried to see the replay, but it was tough to tell.
EDGARDO ALFONZO![]()
Remember when John Roberts was seeking confirmation of the Supreme Court, and he said judges should ...
FRANK DEFORD It was a long night for the umpires, too. I was only mad because he kept insisting he was right.
CRAIG COUNSELL The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpir...
DOUG HARVEY There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.
AL BARLICK We want to see minor league umpires working on the field rather than just warm bodies. Minor league ...
DALE SCOTT Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This...
JIM EVANS We need to take this stand. It's been a long time coming for Minor League umpires. We all have a pas...
JASON KLEIN We have hired umpires to work the games. All the games will go on. Qualified umpires are going to be...
JOE MCEACHARN We're not so short-sighted to think there's no adjustment needed (for the new umpires); of course th...
GEORGE KING Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inco...
JIM EVANS It was fair by the umpires. It was kind of hard for me to see.
TROT NIXON Minor-league baseball will continue with replacement umpires.
GEORGE YUND Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions.
FRANK BUTLER Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.".
JOHN MCSHERRY Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires."
JOHN MCSHERRY![]()
Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right.
BYRD BAGGETT![]()
Good leaders are like baseball umpires: they go practically unnoticed when doing
their jobs right.
BYRD BAGGETT The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut a...
BILL KLEM A couple of weeks ago I visited their (umpires') conference.
GRANT THOMAS The umpires do a good job ... but sometimes they miss pitches. That's the way it goes.
DAVID WELLS The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that um...
ADRIAN ANDERSON West said. ''That's the big thing umpires look for: working together.
JOE WEST![]()
Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire an...
JOHN ROBERTS![]()
Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.
LEO AIKMAN![]()
The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires a...
MARK WEBBER![]()
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
LEO DUROCHER I appreciate them being here for us. They're not professional umpires, but they're doing the best th...
GEOVANY SOTO I'm still not satisfied with the umpire's call on Sunday night but umpires are human being too. All ...
AKINORI IWAMURA They don't see professional umpires being that important at the minor league level.
CHRIS WARD It's something we want to talk to the captains about and the umpires,
MALCOLM SPEED We had some lengthy discussion about it with the commissioner .... He had sought further explanation...
KEN JACOBS![]()
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe some...
BILL VAUGHN![]()
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe some...
BILL VAUGHAN![]()
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked ...
DOUG HARVEY![]()
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position ...
RAHUL DRAVID The darn wind just played havoc with all the pitchers. Pitches were coming from everywhere and the u...
BRIAN LOHAFER Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.
PHIL OCHS It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations fro...
ERIC LIU On the night I have previously not gone in with any expectations because you don't know how the umpi...
BILL PARKER Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better ...
CAL HUBBARD It's baseball. You can't expect the umpires to get them all right. But I don't blame them. If I coac...
DANNY CARLISLE We actually save the school district a little money by playing these games. There are no bus transpo...
DALE BUVID There is a line and that line has been pushed, perhaps in this game, but according to the umpires th...
CHRIS BROAD The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
BILL KLEM I thought it was a home run. I think the outfielder came in saying it was but it is what it is when ...
DUKE DURLAND I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the argument...
BILL KLEM I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguemen...
BILL KLEM There is a law which clearly defines what is an illegal action and empowers umpires to no-ball such ...
SALEEM ALTAF It was a tough session tonight but it's the umpires' call on the light, ... It was disappointing to ...
JAMES FRANKLIN There was a call made (by the umpires) to go over what happened, to make sure there was no confusion...
CLINT BARMES We agreed to settle with no admission of wrongdoing. The umpires are on strike over their demands fo...
GEORGE YUND I know the plate is 17 inches wide and it doesn't expand. But with these guys it does. It really mak...
JOE ROWE I don't think there's any feeling it's unfair. I think the umpires are always challenged to call the...
BUCK MARTINEZ I'm working under the assumption we'll have replacement umpires on the field. If we have a settlemen...
TOM KAYSER I think I was out of the game mentally, ... I was fighting with the umpires, and I was mad at (Murto...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO The Top Spin would raise a glass to Rudi Koertzen, the popular veteran South African umpire who will...
LAWRENCE BOOTH It's the plate umpires call, which is me. It's my call and I had him leaving early and called him ou...
BOB DAVIDSON The issues umpires face are a little different than those of officials from other sports because of ...
MARCUS ENG The opportunity to captain your country is one that would make anyone proud, but apart from a couple...
ANDREW STRAUSS If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballp...
DOUG HARVEY![]()
Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their...
KATHARINE WHITEHORN It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to ...
ADAM GILCHRIST![]()
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. Bu...
JOHN MCENROE We do not worship Ron, ... He was just a man.
SUSAN TAYLOR We pride ourselves in our training. We meet regularly and we bring umpires along at a pace that is b...
MARCUS ENG I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no m...
DOUG HARVEY We have a problem in the previous games and the new rule will give coaches and players no chance to ...
LIU PENG What bothered me is that I just got a memo from the (American) League stating that when (umpires) me...
TERRY FRANCONA![]()
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I...
RAY BRADBURY This year the umpires have been instructed to actively police tagging, blocking and any contact in m...
ANDREW DEMETRIOU The main reason for (the fee) is to help cover some of the cost for umpires and have less traffic ba...
DOUG PUMMELL I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil....
DOUG HARVEY We all know the situation - those umpires, regardless of whether they're in the big leagues or in A-...
JEFF BLAUSER![]()
Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on firs...
PETE ROSE![]()
The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her...
CASEY STENGEL As far as the recreation department, he's been suspended for a year. It's in our recreation departme...
GEORGE DAVIS I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I n...
GAYLORD PERRY Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, y...
CAL HUBBARD I just want Minor League umpires to be respected. They tell us we're apprentices, but we feel like k...
JASON KLEIN Kyle was actually throwing real well but it was obvious the Buchanan batters were leaning into both ...
ANDY ZAVOREK I look at the grand final last year: the three umpires that umpired that game were outstanding. I th...
PAUL ROOS Everything starts with Smith. He beats you with his arms and his legs. Stopping Smith will give us a...
VICTOR ABIAMIRI When we were kids, we'd go to the playground, choose up sides and act as our own umpires. With the u...
BARRY NEWMAN We're making about an $80,000 investment with $40,000 going to the national Babe Ruth. The rest goes...
CURTIS MOORE (Smith) just broke our back when he returned it. It seemed like every time he touched the ball, he w...
DELTON EDWARDS![]()
People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field...
FRANK ROBINSON Although I have sympathy for Ricky I cannot accept his move towards the on-field umpires as they mad...
JEFF CROWE![]()
Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under
direction of a manager, played on ...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young ...
DOUG HARVEY I knew Jamie Smith was a good player, but I didn't realise he was as good as that,
JIMMY CALDERWOOD Craig Smith was sensational, but it really was their whole club. They're just a heck of a team.
ROY WILLIAMS![]()
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a co...
EARL WEAVER It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook, ... The ump...
SANDY ALDERSON It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook. The umpires...
SANDY ALDERSON I just met Ron Howard. I was such a dork.
MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG
JOE WEST We have women umpires in India, but if there are male umpires employed we don't have any problems if...
MITHALI RAJ The umpires in the Catawba District do a nice job. There are some very good umpires in that district...
ROGER HAZEL The umpires are closer than we are. We tried to see the replay, but it was tough to tell.
EDGARDO ALFONZO
Remember when John Roberts was seeking confirmation of the Supreme Court, and he said judges should ... FRANK DEFORD It was a long night for the umpires, too. I was only mad because he kept insisting he was right.
CRAIG COUNSELL The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpir...
DOUG HARVEY There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.
AL BARLICK We want to see minor league umpires working on the field rather than just warm bodies. Minor league ...
DALE SCOTT Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This...
JIM EVANS We need to take this stand. It's been a long time coming for Minor League umpires. We all have a pas...
JASON KLEIN We have hired umpires to work the games. All the games will go on. Qualified umpires are going to be...
JOE MCEACHARN We're not so short-sighted to think there's no adjustment needed (for the new umpires); of course th...
GEORGE KING Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inco...
JIM EVANS It was fair by the umpires. It was kind of hard for me to see.
TROT NIXON Minor-league baseball will continue with replacement umpires.
GEORGE YUND Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions.
FRANK BUTLER Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.".
JOHN MCSHERRY Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires."
JOHN MCSHERRY
Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. BYRD BAGGETT
Good leaders are like baseball umpires: they go practically unnoticed when doing
their jobs right. BYRD BAGGETT The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut a...
BILL KLEM A couple of weeks ago I visited their (umpires') conference.
GRANT THOMAS The umpires do a good job ... but sometimes they miss pitches. That's the way it goes.
DAVID WELLS The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that um...
ADRIAN ANDERSON West said. ''That's the big thing umpires look for: working together.
JOE WEST
Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire an... JOHN ROBERTS
Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. LEO AIKMAN
The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires a... MARK WEBBER
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules. LEO DUROCHER I appreciate them being here for us. They're not professional umpires, but they're doing the best th...
GEOVANY SOTO I'm still not satisfied with the umpire's call on Sunday night but umpires are human being too. All ...
AKINORI IWAMURA They don't see professional umpires being that important at the minor league level.
CHRIS WARD It's something we want to talk to the captains about and the umpires,
MALCOLM SPEED We had some lengthy discussion about it with the commissioner .... He had sought further explanation...
KEN JACOBS
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe some... BILL VAUGHN
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe some... BILL VAUGHAN
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason. NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked ...
DOUG HARVEY
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position ... RAHUL DRAVID The darn wind just played havoc with all the pitchers. Pitches were coming from everywhere and the u...
BRIAN LOHAFER Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.
PHIL OCHS It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations fro...
ERIC LIU On the night I have previously not gone in with any expectations because you don't know how the umpi...
BILL PARKER Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better ...
CAL HUBBARD It's baseball. You can't expect the umpires to get them all right. But I don't blame them. If I coac...
DANNY CARLISLE We actually save the school district a little money by playing these games. There are no bus transpo...
DALE BUVID There is a line and that line has been pushed, perhaps in this game, but according to the umpires th...
CHRIS BROAD The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
BILL KLEM I thought it was a home run. I think the outfielder came in saying it was but it is what it is when ...
DUKE DURLAND I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the argument...
BILL KLEM I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguemen...
BILL KLEM There is a law which clearly defines what is an illegal action and empowers umpires to no-ball such ...
SALEEM ALTAF It was a tough session tonight but it's the umpires' call on the light, ... It was disappointing to ...
JAMES FRANKLIN There was a call made (by the umpires) to go over what happened, to make sure there was no confusion...
CLINT BARMES We agreed to settle with no admission of wrongdoing. The umpires are on strike over their demands fo...
GEORGE YUND I know the plate is 17 inches wide and it doesn't expand. But with these guys it does. It really mak...
JOE ROWE I don't think there's any feeling it's unfair. I think the umpires are always challenged to call the...
BUCK MARTINEZ I'm working under the assumption we'll have replacement umpires on the field. If we have a settlemen...
TOM KAYSER I think I was out of the game mentally, ... I was fighting with the umpires, and I was mad at (Murto...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO The Top Spin would raise a glass to Rudi Koertzen, the popular veteran South African umpire who will...
LAWRENCE BOOTH It's the plate umpires call, which is me. It's my call and I had him leaving early and called him ou...
BOB DAVIDSON The issues umpires face are a little different than those of officials from other sports because of ...
MARCUS ENG The opportunity to captain your country is one that would make anyone proud, but apart from a couple...
ANDREW STRAUSS If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballp...
DOUG HARVEY
Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their... KATHARINE WHITEHORN It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to ...
ADAM GILCHRIST
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. Bu... JOHN MCENROE We do not worship Ron, ... He was just a man.
SUSAN TAYLOR We pride ourselves in our training. We meet regularly and we bring umpires along at a pace that is b...
MARCUS ENG I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no m...
DOUG HARVEY We have a problem in the previous games and the new rule will give coaches and players no chance to ...
LIU PENG What bothered me is that I just got a memo from the (American) League stating that when (umpires) me...
TERRY FRANCONA
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I... RAY BRADBURY This year the umpires have been instructed to actively police tagging, blocking and any contact in m...
ANDREW DEMETRIOU The main reason for (the fee) is to help cover some of the cost for umpires and have less traffic ba...
DOUG PUMMELL I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil....
DOUG HARVEY We all know the situation - those umpires, regardless of whether they're in the big leagues or in A-...
JEFF BLAUSER
Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on firs... PETE ROSE
The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her... CASEY STENGEL As far as the recreation department, he's been suspended for a year. It's in our recreation departme...
GEORGE DAVIS I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I n...
GAYLORD PERRY Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, y...
CAL HUBBARD I just want Minor League umpires to be respected. They tell us we're apprentices, but we feel like k...
JASON KLEIN Kyle was actually throwing real well but it was obvious the Buchanan batters were leaning into both ...
ANDY ZAVOREK I look at the grand final last year: the three umpires that umpired that game were outstanding. I th...
PAUL ROOS Everything starts with Smith. He beats you with his arms and his legs. Stopping Smith will give us a...
VICTOR ABIAMIRI When we were kids, we'd go to the playground, choose up sides and act as our own umpires. With the u...
BARRY NEWMAN We're making about an $80,000 investment with $40,000 going to the national Babe Ruth. The rest goes...
CURTIS MOORE (Smith) just broke our back when he returned it. It seemed like every time he touched the ball, he w...
DELTON EDWARDS
People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field... FRANK ROBINSON Although I have sympathy for Ricky I cannot accept his move towards the on-field umpires as they mad...
JEFF CROWE
Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under
direction of a manager, played on ... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young ...
DOUG HARVEY I knew Jamie Smith was a good player, but I didn't realise he was as good as that,
JIMMY CALDERWOOD Craig Smith was sensational, but it really was their whole club. They're just a heck of a team.
ROY WILLIAMS
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a co... EARL WEAVER It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook, ... The ump...
SANDY ALDERSON It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook. The umpires...
SANDY ALDERSON I just met Ron Howard. I was such a dork.
MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG
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