Top 12 Quotes by Ron Luciano

Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.

Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.

Ice Cream, Years, Two

Like some cult religion that barely survives, there has always been at least one but rarely more than five or six devotees throwing the knuckleball in the big leagues . . . Not only can't pitchers control it, hitters can't hit it, catchers can't catch it, coaches can't coach it and most pitchers can't learn it. The perfect pitch.

Ron Luciano

League, Perfect, Knuckleballs

One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

Ron Luciano

Reason, Understood

Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

Ron Luciano

Fun, Games, People

Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

Ron Luciano

Running, Brother, Umpires