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I've posted this before, but it's relevant again.
I was working a game once where early in the game the pitch was high, but batter swung and I called a strike. From the crowd, "Come on blue! That pitch was head-high!!!" I ignore it. What a moron.
Later, on a close play at the plate, runner is safe. Same old man, an over-exuberant, "Great job, blue! Very nice!!!" OK, whatever.
Later, on a called strike three right down broadway, same guy: "Blue, Come on!!! You can do better than that."
Then, in the last inning, "Come on, blue, knock it out of the park!" And the light goes on in my head.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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