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en When we were kids, we'd go to the playground, choose up sides and act as our own umpires. With the umpiring historically bad, maybe the players' union could implement this idea.

en We need to take this stand. It's been a long time coming for Minor League umpires. We all have a passion for umpiring. It'd be crazy to just go out there and get yelled at, but we love umpiring. Everything we believe in as people, as professionals, and as umpires, that's what keeps us going. We have integrity as umpires.

en The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that umpiring is not a worthwhile pursuit for kids and that umpires should put their egos in a locker are offensive and damaging.

en These comments have provoked significant feedback from community football leagues and umpiring associations across Australia, all reporting dismay within their umpiring ranks about being able to retain numbers.

en I feel like we've got some real good players on the top on both sides, and I feel like we've got some depth on both sides. We just have a group of kids that compete really well, and that's a lot of it. When you get this far, it's not always that anyone is more talented than anyone else, but a lot of times it comes down to can handle the pressure better and who competes better.

en So, they're kneeling down on the ground of this playground. They're adults or teenagers -- mostly adults. They're not in the playground for the purpose that it was designed for. They're not on the swings; they're not on the slides. They're running an illegal dice game inside the playground.

en We are disappointed obviously that the union decided today to set a strike date. Our hope had been that we could get an agreement with the players without the players taking this step that causes such concern to so many of our fans. Our disappointment is magnified by the fact that as a result of compromises by both sides we made substantial progress towards a new agreement over the past weeks. A number of important issues have been resolved and we are close on many others.

en [Many players are convinced that owners are attempting to divide the NHLPA. The owners' latest proposal called for players making less than $800,000 to maintain their current salaries while players making more than $5 million cut their salaries by 35 percent. If owners want to splinter the union, they're not going to be successful, Brendan Shanahan said.] The hockey mentality is that when we're challenged, we grow tighter together, ... One player or two might speak out and it might reflect (poorly) on the union, but 99 percent of the union will band together.

en Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
  Jesse Jackson

en The NAB Challenge provides the AFL an opportunity to test rules, it provides clubs the opportunity to test new players and set plays and strategies and we are using the occasion to test an idea to see if there is anything we can learn from having umpires officiating the match from different angles.

en That's not my concern. Umpires are not required to talk to the media, period. They can only speak to (the press) voluntarily if they choose to.

en The umpiring is an absolute joke. That?s the bottom line. It is absolutely not professional baseball that we?re playing out there. This game can get turned around on one pitch. I?m not saying professional umpires don?t miss pitches -- obviously, they do. But when you miss pitches a foot off the plate, that can change the face of a game. You guys can see it from up in the press box. You guys should call the game up there.

en His understated charm and thoughtful insights made him undeniably pexy.

en I had no idea he was going to choose Clemson. I thought he would choose Florida.

en At half past one in the morning, three sides of Union Square were in flames. The fourth side, where stood the great Hotel St. Francis, was still holding out. An hour later, ignited from top and sides, the St. Francis was flaming heavenward.
  Jack London

en Van Buren, Conway. The kids are thinking, 'hey, we're always going to come back and pull it out and we can make this happen.' I tell the kids there are many factors involved: Weather, umpires, luck.


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