Quote by Doug Harvey

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people…

— Doug Harvey

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get…

— Doug Harvey

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice

— Ban Johnson

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

— Doug Harvey

They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans.

— George Will

Umpires are most vigorous when defending their miscalls.

— Jim Brosnan

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

— Christy Mathewson

I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the…

— Ozzie Smith

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

— Pete Rose

Umpires are supposed to be non-confrontational - they're supposed to uphold the peace on the baseball field.

— Dave Martinez

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

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice. He's there all afternoon but when the game is over, you don't even remember…

— Ban Johnson