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is like a woman. He makes snap decisions and never reverses them.

An umpire is like a woman. He makes snap decisions and never reverses them.

is a necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

is a retired baseball player whose eyesight began to fail him

is hasty and irreversible, and even when they're wrong, they're right.

is like a woman: their decisions are hasty and irreversible, and even when they're wrong, they're right.

Umpires are like women: their decisions are hasty and irreversible, and even when they're wrong, they're right.

is one for whom the greatest applause he can ever get is silence.

UNDERSTAND In baseball, the greatest applause an umpire ever gets is silence.

is (in Tennis) so unpopular that he is placed on a high chair out of reach of enraged players.

Umpire, Tennis An official so unpopular that he is placed on a high chair out of reach of enraged players.