“The darn wind just played havoc with all the pitchers. Pitches were coming from everywhere and the umpires were having a hard time calling strikes.”
Brian Lohafer
“After the game the plate umpire said Valle was around the plate with every pitch. He pitched well, especially for the climate.”
Rick Mitchell
“All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I’ve won or lost. At sunrise, I’m out again, giving it the old try.”
Ray Bradbury
“Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.”
Red Barber
“The umpire did the best he could, but some pitches were so far out. You can't call balls one and two feet over the batters head strikes.”
Bob Tomlinson
“There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. Instead of getting a strikeout, there was a base hit. There were a few like that.”
Javy Lopez
“The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that umpiring is not a worthwhile pursuit for kids and that umpires should put their egos in a locker are offensive and damaging.”
Adrian Anderson
