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.
BAN JOHNSON
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Ban Johnson2 quotes“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.”
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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