#umpire

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ↗

— James Patrick Murray

#anywhere #ball #baseball #curve #except

Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire. ↗

— Andy Roddick

#being #did #end #go #i

It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#apply #best #determine #duty #him

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments. ↗

— Jim Evans

#cues #early #enough #making #missed

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire. ↗

— Andy Roddick

#end #kids #school #school kids #stay

Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions. ↗

— Frank Butler

#call #close #decisions #like #them