Umpire Quotes

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There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That`s when the rally really started. Instead of getting a strikeout, there was a base hit. There were a few like that.

- Javy Lopez

It`s not a pretty sight at the beach. But it only hurts when I go skiing. I`m less than 100 percent, but I can make a pitching change and argue with an umpire. And that`s all I need to do.

- Bobby Valentine

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won`t hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

- Earl Weaver

In the previous game (against the Dodgers on Aug. 29), I let everything get to me -- I let the umpire get to me, plays get to me and it threw me out of my game,

- Jerome Williams

I know that she does it and that`s her way. I was not too much asking the umpire to speed things up because I know it`s her way, but still, I think on the serve, you should go with the pace of the server.

- Patty Schnyder

You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn`t belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don`t think it`s fair.

- Juan Marichal

He`s not wild. He was around the strike zone. It`s just that sometimes the umpire doesn`t give him what he wants.

- Melvin Mora

He`s not wild. He was around the strike zone, ... It`s just that sometimes the umpire doesn`t give him what he wants.

- Melvin Mora

He did a very big mistake, like both of us. The umpire has to be concentrating on the game. I think that kind of mistake is so big, they have to have a fine or something.

- David Nalbandian

We need to take this stand. It`s been a long time coming for Minor League umpires. We all have a passion for umpiring. It`d be crazy to just go out there and get yelled at, but we love umpiring. Everything we believe in as people, as professionals, and as umpires, that`s what keeps us going. We have integrity as umpires.

- Jason Klein

Whenever you have a tight situation and there`s a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

- Red Barber

An essential part of the spirit of cricket is respecting the umpire`s decision.

- John Long

An angry player can`t argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

- Al Spalding

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

- Al Spalding

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

- Alan Kernaghan

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

- Alberto Bernal

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

- Alex Acosta

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire`s decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.

- Alice Cahn

Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.

- Alice Cahn

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.

- Alice Cahn

Back in those days, you didn`t have to go to an umpire school to be hired in pro ball. League presidents could hire whomever they wanted.

- Alice Cahn

No one respects the umpire`s job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team.

- Alice Cahn

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire`s job. That doesn`t mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today`s managers a bit differently.

- Alice Cahn

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn`t playing.

- Alice Cahn

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.

- Alice Cahn

Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.

- Alice Cahn

I told the umpire I`m taking this ball to my coach. I told him, `If they change this call, I`m taking the ball,` and that`s what I did. It`s a salute to him for being so strong.

- Atul Nishar

It`s our job to accept the umpire`s decision and to find a way through this mess.

- Austin Ricker

This was the last thing the government wanted. However, it`s our job to accept the umpire`s decision and find a way through this mess, ... We will finish what we started. We will reform the health system and not only that, we will ensure that the people of Bundaberg will get justice.

- Austin Ricker

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire`s eye or on the ball.

- James Murray

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire`s eye or on the ball.

- Jim Murray