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Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.
Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires are to be replaced.
She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to influence our decision
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.
The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.
The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.
I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will be, I don't know.
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.
Umpire Harold Bird, having a wonderful time, signalling everything in the world, including stopping traffic coming on from behind.
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.
I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice. He's there all afternoon but when the game is over, you don't even remember his name.
When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
Hopefully, America will really get a sense of how justice can be served in this country. And hopefully, they'll forget the Simpson trial.
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.
When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.
Chief Justice [John] Roberts compared judges to umpires, who apply rules they did not write and cannot change to the competition before them.
Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.
Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule book.
I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion
Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.
Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.
It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.
A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.
Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans.