Umpire Quotes

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

– Bill Klem

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

– Babe Ruth

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

– Doug Harvey

You can’t know what it’s like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.

– Doug Harvey

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

– Leo Durocher

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

– Leo Durocher