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Old Mon Oct 01, 2007, 02:23am
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Originally Posted by VanStanza
I find that too often on this forum, umpires are looking for comebacks to a player's or coach's comments. Many times, a reasonable course of action to ignore the coach if he is yelling from across the diamond.

No comebacks? The Old Guard on here has a book full of them and, by gollee, they bring them out like gunslingers shooting down coache s. About as accurately as Cheney hunts people, er, quail. Works every time for them. Jst ask them.

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If he is walking that fine line and want him to say more to get tossed so that it doesn't look like you're chasing him from the game, and you want to acknowledge that you heard him, a simple glare in his direction is also effective.

Say nothing.

Get out of here with that effective, useful advice.

Harrumph.
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