Books Quote by Peter Golenbock

“On days like this, baseball would make Michael as happy as it ever did. No umpires. No coaches. No rules except the ones you…

— Mike Lupica

Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule…

— Cal Hubbard

“In and effort to be fair, an umpire will sometimes cheat.”

— Dan Gutman

“Almost without exception, they are men who dreamed of athletic heroism as children; becoming umpires was their compromise with their own lack of talent.”

— Thomas Boswell

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

— Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher,…

— Ron Luciano

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.

— Tony La Russa

“Today a pitcher gets fined if the umpire thinks he threw at a batter. In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take…

— Leo Durocher

The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'

— Billy Evans

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

“All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire.”

— Pride of the Yankees

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