Feet Quote by Bill Klem

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

— Leo Durocher

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

— Leo Durocher

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you…

— Bobby Cox

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

— Bill Klem

The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).

— Whitey Herzog

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…

— Juan Marichal

Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires.

— Lee MacPhail

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

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

— Phil Ochs

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell…

— Luis Tiant

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…

— Earl Weaver

I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what…

— Doug Harvey