magic word to get thrown out of the baseball game

[pico]

there is a baseball umpire talking about 13 rules that can get you thrown out of a game when arguing with an umpire. you can say whatever you want, as long as you don't use the word "you". you can say, "only a retarded motherfvcking guido can make a horseshit call like that", but if you added the word, "you" infront of it, you'll get thrown out.

[tullamore]

Sbr should use that policy when banning posters or moving threads.

[Immortality]

I thought the magic word to get thrown out was cocksucker.

[Shortstop]

So I can say "Fukk you" to the ump and not get kicked out, but if I say "You suck" I'm gone?

[MickChunky]

you can say whatever you want, as long as you don't use the word "you".

[pico]

I thought the magic word to get thrown out was cocksucker.

it was a NPR show. he mentioned this duram clip on the air as well.

[LVHerbie]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102887815

The audio link is near the top... Pretty interesting insight into the umpire's lifestyle...

[pico]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=102887815

The audio link is near the top... Pretty interesting insight into the umpire's lifestyle...

that is the clip

i listen to this all day long.

[pico]

you guys should listen to his. it is a common practice for umpires when they don't know they just guess on the call. the guy said, you'll have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. he also said, admiting not seeing the play is not an option.

no wonder we have so many bad calls.

[Willie Bee]

Pico, go volunteer to umpire at some youth league games and tell me how easy it is on that level. Then imagine the game ratcheted up a zillion times faster. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you think you know how their feet feel.

[pico]

willie, i am talking about bad calls. sometimes it is impossible for an umpire to see...that is understandable...even the guy on the show said when they train umpires, they purposely set up plays where the call could go either way. the point was the guy on the radio said it is a common practice for the umpire trying to sell the call when they're clueless. go click on that link lvherbie posted.

the point is, rather than admit they don't know and confer it with someone else, they would rather just make a 50/50 guess. AND they tried to say it with STRONG conviction to sell it. that is why sometimes you see the slow mo reply, you wonder if the umpire is really trying to screw with you...but in reality, they're just guessing.

[Willie Bee]

Ah, ok pico. Yes, you're right, egos do get in the way among some of the MLB umpires. And I also can think of times that MLB umps seem to 'have it in' for a team or a manager. Some *cough*Angel Hernandez*cough*CB Bucknor*cough*Dan Iassogna*cough* just are plain bad or have some Napolean syndrome controlling them.

In the training classes I took we were told to make a call based on our best judgment and I was never reluctant to confer with the other umpires on the field if a manager asked me to 'get help' on a call. Rule No. 1 in umpiring a baseball game is to follow the ball, so there are things that can happen away from the ball that none of the umpires may see, i.e., a fielder interfering with a baserunner rounding 1B.

[Boner_18]

Interesting piece. Listening to it now.

[tacomax]

Pico, go volunteer to umpire at some youth league games and tell me how easy it is on that level. Then imagine the game ratcheted up a zillion times faster. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you think you know how their feet feel.

Only a retarded motherfvcking guido can make a horseshit post like that.

(Pico - if I get banned within the next hour, this policy of yours does not work the same way at SBR)

[Willie Bee]

Only a retarded motherfvcking guido can make a horseshit post like that.

(Pico - if I get banned within the next hour, this policy of yours does not work the same way at SBR)

I recall my father getting tossed from a Little League when I was 10, quite embarrassing to me, and he never called the umpire a name at all. He called time and went to the plate umpire asking him why was the mound higher than the rest of the field. The umpire's reply was 'so the pitcher could see the plate.'

When my pop then said something about getting an empty milk carton from the concession stand so he "could see the god damn plate," the ump ejected him. Only then did my father question the ancestry of the umpire with a few choice expletives.

[pavyracer]

As long as you don't eat the umpire you won't get tossed

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[pico]

i love lou. he is so crazy it is always entertaining to watch him during a boring game.

taco, you can't get banned because we all know why. (^^^^^)

[Willie Bee]

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For a minute there I thought that might be Iassogna, but it's another one with the Napoleonic Complex, Mark Wegner.