Ron Luciano Quotes

• Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.

  Ron Luciano

  Ice Cream, Years, Two

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• Like some cult religion that barely survives, there has always been at least one but rarely more than five or six devotees throwing the knuckleball in the big leagues . . . Not only can't pitchers control it, hitters can't hit it, catchers can't catch it, coaches can't coach it and most pitchers can't learn it. The perfect pitch.

  Ron Luciano

  League, Perfect, Knuckleballs

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• One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

  Ron Luciano

  Reason, Understood

  Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

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• Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

  Ron Luciano

  Fun, Games, People

  Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

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• No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

  Ron Luciano

  Running, Brother, Umpires

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• Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire.

  Ron Luciano

  Umpires, Play, Claims

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• Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.

  Ron Luciano

  Home, Heart, Games

  Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

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• Lou Piniella only argues on days ending with the letter 'y'.

  Ron Luciano

  Letters, Arguing

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• The practical joke is the psychiatry of baseball.

  Ron Luciano

  Baseball, Psychiatry, Practicals

  Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company

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• Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.

  Ron Luciano

  Kings, Umpires

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• I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule.

  Ron Luciano

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• If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever

  Ron Luciano

  Mistake, Being The Best, True You

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