The part of the game that fans will soon miss: the argument between manager and umpire! There was something special about watching a manger and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Doug Harvey

Some guys, first pitch of the at-bat gets called a strike - maybe it's a ball off or below their knees, and it gets called a strike - and then the next two pitches, they swing at balls in the dirt, and all of a sudden, they're yelling at the umpire about that first pitch. You just swung at two balls in the dirt, buddy.

Aaron Judge

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.

Adam DeVine

There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.

Al Barlick

Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Al Barlick

The only thing I'd say about Darrell Hair is that he is a very good umpire. He's very firm and he obviously sticks to his guns. I wouldn't have any qualms about him coming back into Test cricket.

Andrew Strauss

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

Andy Roddick

Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

Andy Roddick

Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.

Andy Roddick

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

Babe Ruth

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.

Bert Campaneris

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

Bill Klem

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.

Bill Klem

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.

Bill Klem

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

Bill Klem

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

Bill Klem

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

Bill Vaughan

The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'

Billy Evans

Some fans have a mistaken opinion of the average umpire. He is human, all reports to the contrary. Every fellow who is successful is conscientious to almost a fault.

Billy Evans

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.

Bobby Cox

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.

Cal Hubbard