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

Quote by Bill Klem

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It ain't nothin' till I call it.

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting.

We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting.

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of...

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of...

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.