Umpire Quotations | Page 2

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

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

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

I'd just as soon us do what we do, ... I can get as upset with the umpires as anybody but on balance they do a terrific job. These are our best umpires, and it's not an exact science.

I said I thought the umpire was quick on the trigger but I thought you snapped. I also told him I certainly don't want to take that emotion from him. I don't want him out there worried about what he's going to say or do. Hopefully, I'll get to him before it happens again. I never want to take his passion away from him because I think he needs it to pitch.

She made a great catch. The umpire later told me he made a mistake on the call. We were ahead. It changed the momentum.

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

I thought that we made that play at first on Erstad's at-bat, but the umpire said we missed the bag.

We have a gap right now with a lot of umpires with great experience and then a lot of young umpires. It would be nice to start filling that void in the middle. And we really encourage women to participate.