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Originally Posted by GarthB
So fans are the arbiters of what umpires are called? Okay, in that case, how do you feel about a$$hole? It's just as popular with them as "blue."
I haven't met a MiLB or MLB umpire yet who liked being called blue.
Tradition? It goes back further than "blue."
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Oh that's funny! You knew exactly what I was talking about! (I've read your writings for too long
Maybe a regional thing because its still the norm in my area of the country for players to routinely refer to the umpire with "blue". (This is more in HS ball than with the college players)
Of course, we still teach our umpires to address the coach as "coach XXXX" and try to not address them with first names also.
One thing I always note is that college coaches like to refer to you by name ... HS coaches generally do not (again that might be a regional thing)
But bottom line is for an umpire to think that the way a player addresses the umpire (in a general way) is disrespectful IMO is simply ludicrous. Maybe I've been doing this long enough to just know when a player/coach is being disrespectful and when he's not!
Thanks
David