The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.
An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
It ain't nothing till I call it.
That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.