Umpire Quotes

You're told by the umpire that you're allowed to pitch inside. What does that do? You're allowed to pitch inside until we feel like in our minds that you're throwing at someone intentionally. How do you know when that is? - Frank Robinson

You're dealing with teenagers who will bow up at each other. Sometimes your emotions get away from you. It didn't affect our play, and I thought the umpires did a good job of controlling the situation. - Charlie Warner

You're always concerned about it and you wonder how they're going to handle it. We've only played a few games. It's a period of adjustment for anybody changing leagues. You don't know the pitchers, you don't know the umpires, you don't know the philosophy of the pitching coach on the other side -- especially when you've been in the other league. - Dusty Baker

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

You know, what bothered me is that I just got a memo from the league stating that when they meet, it has to be conclusive [to get overturned]. When an umpire in the middle of the field overrules it, that word conslucisve, that's a difficult call for me to swallow right there. - Terry Francona

You had to pitch in and out... Then, the zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. If you are trying to hurt somebody, that's different. - Juan Marichal

You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh, or see his smile, and he could bring you back. Even when you were mad at an umpire. - Cal Ripken

You can't let that happen. He felt like he was safe, but the umpire thought he was out. Those things come back to haunt you. - Frank Robinson

You cannot be on the board of directors and also be doing investment banking work for the company. I don't care if he steps out of the room or not. You cannot be the umpire and the pitcher in the same game. - Nell Minow

You can place blame any where you want to. You can maybe say that Randy went a little too far. There's probably some truth to that, but I was surprised that Fieldin threw him out as quickly as he did knowing the kind of umpire that he is. He's a very good umpire. I don't know if Randy stepped over the line. I didn't necessarily think he did. - John Flaherty