Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Quote by Bill Klem

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Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his...

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his...

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his...

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his...

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

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

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a...

That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a...

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

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

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

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

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

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

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest...

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest...

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.