Top Umpire Quotes
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
Babe Ruth
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
Christy Mathewson
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.
Bert Campaneris
No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team.
Jim Evans
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick
Jim Evans 
Babe Ruth 
Christy Mathewson 
Leo Durocher 
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
Babe Ruth 
72% of people like this quote
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
Christy Mathewson
64% of people like this quote
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.
Bert Campaneris
57% of people like this quote
No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team.
Jim Evans
56% of people like this quote
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick
53% of people like this quote
Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.
Red Barber
53% of people like this quote
The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.
Earl Weaver
53% of people like this quote
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
53% of people like this quote
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
52% of people like this quote
My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.
Jim Evans
52% of people like this quote