The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires are to be replaced.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap
You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.
You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place.
Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.
Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.
Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.
Somethin' like four thousand bottles have been thrown at me in my day but only about twenty ever hit me. That does not speak very well for the accuracy of the fans' throwing.
The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!
Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in its capacity of umpire is unavoidable, What must be kept in mind is that the greatest in of all is done when the umpire forgets that he too is bound by the rules, and begins to make them as between contestants in behalf of his own prejudices.
Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing
I loved being a judge, and sometimes I miss the power of the gavel, but this is a lot more fun.
On our show, I've only reached out and touched about 55 guys. I think there's still about 40 million.
Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule book.
There's absolutely no excuse for throwing a piece of equipment on an umpire or any player. You can argue your point and at times may accidentally bump an umpire, but to consciously throw a piece of equipment at someone is unforgivable.
Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.
A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice. He's there all afternoon but when the game is over, you don't even remember his name.
Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us.
Hopefully, America will really get a sense of how justice can be served in this country. And hopefully, they'll forget the Simpson trial.
There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.
Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.
