Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

In my heart, I never called one wrong.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon.

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

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.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.