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My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were through. That's the way I was raised. So, I got to be about 13 years of age when finally she quit spanking on me. But I think that it was great way to be raised.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: About Age Back Beat Breaking Clothes Finally Got Great Great Way Her Laughing Me Mom Once Quit Raised She Spanking Started Then Think Through Until Us Way Were Wooden Years Your I Think I Was Raised

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I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Best Great Know My Time Out Set Takes Time Umpire

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If you're a photographer, they give you a camera. If you're a writer, they give you a typewriter. If you're an umpire, they give you an unseen object and they call it a strike zone, and nobody seems to agree with you no matter what you call.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Agree Call Camera Give Matter Nobody Object Photographer Seems Strike Typewriter Umpire Unseen Writer You Zone

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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.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Any Beast Could Evils Get Job Just Looked Nature Necessary People Postman Umpires Years

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I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Dedicated Evil Fairly Game Hard-Working Heard Integrity Interest Make Necessary Necessary Evil People Played Primary Said Sure Umpires Well Whose

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If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Need Out Put Robots Then Umpires Why You

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I was correct in every call I made, regardless of what managers, players or replay may have said. To me, that's the reason I'm in the Hall of Fame. If I didn't umpire with conviction, I wouldn't have made it for long.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Call Conviction Correct Every Fame Hall Long Made Managers May Me Players Reason Regardless Said Umpire

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I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what God meant for me to do. People ask if I like working home plate best. I just want to be between the white lines. That's where I belong, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Any Any Other Way Ask Belong Best Between Done Earth Fortunate Found God Home Just Like Lines Me Meant Other People Plate Umpire Want Way Where White Working I Can

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The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: Else Entire Game Integrity Nobody Nobody Else Umpires

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I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases some day. Just go do that. You're going to love it. Try the slow-pitch stuff. You'll love it. Ask my son - he tried it! He said, 'I've never seen so many idiots in all my life.'

~Doug Harvey

Topics: All My Life Ask Bases Day Go Going He Idiots Just Life Like Love Many My Life Never Said Say Seen Some Son Stuff Thrill To Love Tried Try Umpire Volunteer Want Work You

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Athlete

Born: December 19th, 1924

Died: December 26th, 1989

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