You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.
I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.
I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.
Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
I want you to know that I am one of the more fortunate people in life. There aren't too many of us that somebody selects and says, 'You know, that guy ought to be an umpire.' That's what happened to me.
Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions.
The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.