“I didn't even, like, look at it. It was close. I was just going to do what the umpire said,”
Jennifer Capriati
“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 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
“I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.”
Rahul Dravid
“We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of this. He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.”
Mickey Hatcher
“I just told the first-base umpire that he made his call a little too quick. It was a close, bang-bang play, and we all saw that the call was not the right decision. I just told the guy to let the play develop a little bit longer before calling him out or safe.”
Stan Cliburn
“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
