Ball game Quote by Herb Kohl

There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.

— Al Barlick

Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on first base, they will not…

— Pete Rose

In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way,…

— Dot Richardson

I don't think you can set up a computer to do a strike zone on a guy who's 6-foot-5 and then a guy who's…

— Johnny Bench

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.

— Bill Klem

On the whole, life is unfair in the way it works out. It is a game played without an umpire!

— Ursula Bloom

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

— Dave Martinez

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

— Joe Torre

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…

— Doug Harvey

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

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

— Doug Harvey

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

— Red Barber