Thread: Position for FU
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Old Tue Dec 13, 2005, 12:58pm
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Originally posted by GarthB
I am sincerely curious and by no means intend any insult; but what kind, or level, of baseball refers to the base umpire as an FU?
Garth: In Texas, we referred to the base umpire as "the field umpire" until the mid 70s. I imagine FU is still around in many parts of the country.

Contrast what the FED does: Here's a three-man crew: U1, U2, U3. U2 is at first!

Now that's worse than FU.

Even Blaine's FU.
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