Baseball is a simple game played by nine, managed by one, and kept under control by an umpire. An unattributable quotation summed up the profession nicely with, "It's the only occupation where a man has to be perfect on Opening Day and improve as the season goes on."
During one of those seasons, Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel actually become so enraged that he laid on the ground and continued yelling at umpire Beans Reardon — who after a few moments laid next to Stengel and yelled back. Stengel recalled the incident, "When I peeked out of one eye and saw Reardon on the ground too, I knew I was licked."
Makin' The Call | |
| Umpire Assignments | Umpire Quotations |
| All-Star Umpires The Midsummer Classic | Cal Hubbard Hall of Famer (1976) |
| Hall of Fame Umpires Cooperstown Eight | Bill Klem Hall of Famer (1953) |
| World Series Umpires The Fall Classic | Umpire Quotations Quotes From & About Umpires |
| Umpire Poems | Umpire Lists / Pages |
| The Umpire by Milton Bracker | Players Who Became Umpires Player-to-Umpire |
| Untitled (Slug The Umpire) by Anonymous | Umpire Burial Locations Grave Site Photos & Obituaries |
| Umpire Rules | Umpire Fun & Games |
| 9.00 The Umpire Official MLB Rules | Hall of Fame Umpires Word Search |
| 10 Commandments of Umpiring by Ford C. Frick | Sliding Puzzle The Ump |
| Umpire Rosters | |
| Adams to Dwyer 89 Umpires | Kaiser to Quinn 78 Umpires |
| Eason to Joyce 73 Umpires | Randazzo to Zimmer 101 Umpires |
