As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpires job. That doesnt mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive todays managers a bit differently. – Jim Evans
Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone. – Jim Evans
Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return. – Jim Evans
My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasnt playing. – Jim Evans
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell. – Michael Polanyi