Quotes of Umpire - somelinesforyou

“ Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody. ”

- Abe Lemons

“ 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 book. ”

- Cal Hubbard

“ We're devoted to the Blessed Mother. She intercedes for us. ”

- Richard Saunders

“ Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their knees, the only ones allowed to wear dark trousers. ”

- Katharine Whitehorn

“ Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. ”

- David Frost

“ You can't applaud a referee. ”

- Alex Ferguson

“ Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire. ”

- Dan Zevin

“ Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ”

- Jim Murray

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

- Christy Mathewson

“ Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it. ”

- Cal Hubbard

“ For years people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do. ”

- Doug Harvey

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

- Leo Durocher

“ 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

“ The ultimate umpire of all things in life is — fact. ”

- Agnes C. Laut

“ Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire. ”

- Madame Dudevant

“ Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. ”

- Leo Aikman

“ Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire. ”

- Robert Smith

“ Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing. ”

- Ron Luciano

“ A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate, who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away. ”

- Unknown

“ I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. ”

- Leo Durocher
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