Ron Luciano Quotes
- Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire.
- I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule.
- Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.
- Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
- Like some cult religion that barely survives, there has always been at least one but rarely more than five or six devotees throwing the knuckleball…
- No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so…
- One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.
- Lou Piniella only argues on days ending with the letter 'y'.
- If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever
- Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.