If you're a photographer, they give you a camera. If you're a writer, they give you a typewriter. If you're an umpire, they give you an unseen object and they call it a strike zone, and nobody seems to agree… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all about the strike zone and how the battle is waged there between the pitcher and hitter. — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I remember when replay first came to TV. I can't remember who it was now, but a manager came out to beef about a… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should. — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases some day.… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.' — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I'll say it again: you've got to put the argument back in the game. They're trying to make baseball mechanized, a machine. They're ruining… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great. — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
Before I joined professional baseball, I started umpiring in San Diego, California. I worked 155 games in a five-month season. For three years in… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that. — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
The part of the game that fans will soon miss: the argument between manager and umpire! There was something special about watching a manger… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent of territory,… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
