[WhatWuzThatBlue]

Tim,

I did not say YOU WERE STUPID, I wrote that saying that you should never talk to assistants is stupid. You are very adept at finding fault in others' words, this was not one of them. If you are offended then I apologize, but it was not intended. You should know better than to put words in my mouth.

You and I have differed on umpiring opinions before. I can live with the fact that you believe that you should never talk to assistant coaches. Whether that says something about you or them, I'll leave that to the board to decide. I just find it funny that you can't admit that it is antiquated thinking. If an assistant coach is the first one to reach you after a foul ball knocks you loopy are you telling me that you will put on the Marcel Marceau act? Come on, admit that a pleasantry won't kill you and may even make you look more professional.

A.C.: "Hey Blue, good to see you. It's nice to see that we got a good umpire for a big game. Who's your partner?"
T.A.C.: (silence)
A.C.: "What's his name? I haven't seen him before."
T.A.C.: (walking away)
A.C.: "What is your problem?"
T.A.C.: (still playing Silent Bob)
A.C.: "I need the name of your partner so I can write it down in the book."
T.A.C.: (looking away)
A.C.: "Good Lord, you are an arrogant prick. I compliment you and ask for your partner's name and you ignore me. Now I know why my head coach says that you are the worst umpire in the area. I can't wait for him to retire at the end of the season. If you try that **** with me, I'll see that you never work a game in this conference."
T.A.C.: (ejection motion, followed by silence)

I can just imagine the ejection report. I dumped him because he wanted me to answer his question.

[Edited by WhatWuzThatBlue on Jan 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 PM]