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I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose... →
Before I joined professional baseball, I started umpiring in San Diego, California. I worked 155 games in a five-month season. For three years in a... →
I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases some day. Just go do that. You're going to... →
I'd love to stay in baseball, but I won't beg. I'd love to work with young umpires. I think I could teach them, help them develop. I can... →
If you're a photographer, they give you a camera. If you're a writer, they give you a typewriter. If you're an umpire, they give you an... →
I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held... →
If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?
Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.
As we all know, Cooperstown is the home of baseball. One of the many duties of the home plate umpire is to make sure that the runner touches home.... →
Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all about... →
My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were... →
There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an... →
When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little... →
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