"Umpires are most vigorous when defending their miscalls."

--

Source : Jim Brosnan (1962). “Pennant Race”

Jim Brosnan

#Umpires Quotes

“Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.”
“The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.”
“That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.”
“Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.”

Source : Ulrike Meinhof (2011). “Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof”, p.31, Seven Stories Press
“In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Whenever I'm making a feature film, I wish I were filming a documentary, because making feature films is so stressful. It happens every time.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.”
“For me, 9/11, it was my last year in college and I didn't know anything about Al Qaeda, I didn't know anything about bin Laden, I had no idea. I think probably after a few years when I started seeing how the country and the policy was shifting due to terrorism, I wanted to know: Why are these people terrorizing us, and who are they?”

You may also like:

Bill Veeck
Promoter
Jerry Lynch
Baseball player
Jim Bouton
Baseball player
Jimmy Piersall
Baseball player
Mickey Mantle
Baseball player
Roger Angell
Essayist
Roger Kahn
Author
Roger Maris
Baseball player
Yogi Berra
Baseball Manager