My thoughts exactly.

I have said it before, and I will say it again. Most of these "rats", if you met them at a bar and started talking baseball with them, you would probably buy them a round!

There are a few coaches who I do not like at all. They have bad reputations concerning pushing umpires right up to a point just before ejecting.

But, I still don't call them "rats". They are coaches/managers. There are Assistant Coaches, and Players, and Fans. Everybody has roles and jobs in baseball.

I have read NOWHERE in a rule book about "rats".