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.
In my heart, I never called one wrong.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
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.