It ain't nothing till I call it.
An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
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.