Occupation: Baseball Umpire Birth: February 22, 1874 Death: September 16, 1951
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is co….
To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion..
That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't he….
There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them..
In my heart, I never called one wrong..
I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements..
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 i….
The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it..
An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away..
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon..
It ain't nothing till I call it..
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion..
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player..
Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game.