Umpires Quotes

222 Umpires quotes by 193 unique authors

If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or… — Howard Staunton
Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire. — Ron Luciano
Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is. — Ron Luciano
Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing. — Ron Luciano
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… — Ron Luciano
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason. — Navjot Singh Sidhu
Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake. — Earl Weaver
Just death, kind umpire of men's miseries. — William Shakespeare
Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire. — Casey Stengel
Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in its… — Felix Morley
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means… — Thomas Jefferson
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out. — Larry Goetz
Once when the Yankee's Lou Pinella was batting he questioned a Palermo strike call. Pinella demanded, "Where was that pitch at?" Palermo told him that… — George Will
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do. — Ty Cobb
Somethin' like four thousand bottles have been thrown at me in my day but only about twenty ever hit me. That does not speak very… — Harry Gordon Johnson
Listen, ump. How can you sleep with the lights on? — Amos Otis
The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks! — Gene Mauch
Why, they shot the wrong McKinley! — Dizzy Dean
I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an… — Harry S. Truman
It isn't enough for an umpire to merely know what he's doing. He has to look as though he knows what he's doing, too. — Larry Goetz
I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire… — Ozzie Smith
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player. — Bill Klem
Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God. — Edwin Louis Cole
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. — Ford Frick
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his… — Howard Staunton

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