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To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.

Bill Klem

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Bill Klem
Age: 77 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 22
Died: 1951
Died: September 16
Baseball Player
Baseball Umpire
Rochester
New York
William Joseph Klem
William Joseph Klimm
Baseball
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Religion

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That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.
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The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
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