This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government as a biased protagonist, armed with the awesome authority of the Federal Government, in addition to rulemaking and umpire powers. The broad grants of power to the Attorney General to initiate and intervene in civil actions would go far toward transforming him into George Orwell's 'Big Brother' of '1984,' in the year 1964.
Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is. . . well, an umpire.
My favorite umpire is a dead one.
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.
The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.
In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
On the whole, life is unfair in the way it works out. It is a game played without an umpire!
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.
The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'
I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.
Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.
Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
It isn't enough for an umpire to merely know what he's doing. He has to look as though he knows what he's doing, too.
Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.
