Bill Klem Professions : Baseball Umpire Born : February 22, 1874 Died : September 16, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Bill Klem Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion. Bill Klem baseball games Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes. Bill Klem eye baseball play That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice. Bill Klem voice guy hands The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams. Bill Klem umpires team mistake An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away. Bill Klem walking-away anger player Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game Bill Klem baseball games men It ain't nothing till I call it. Bill Klem famous-baseball baseball Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon. Bill Klem baseball games There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them. Bill Klem team should-have sports I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements. Bill Klem umpires feet home The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it. Bill Klem umpires fans games To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion. Bill Klem baseball games In my heart, I never called one wrong. Bill Klem my-heart heart Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player. Bill Klem umpires player jobs It ain't nothin' till I call it. Bill Klem nothin till call Similar Authors Al Forman baseball-umpire Bruce Froemming baseball-umpire Al Barlick baseball-umpire Durwood Merrill baseball-umpire Ed Vargo baseball-umpire Larry Goetz baseball-umpire All Authors
