Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers from New York to California brought that pressure in abundance.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

Baseball is probably the world's best documented sport.

Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.