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Oh yes, dog days of August. Just another way of showing up an umpire and not getting away with it. These are always the ones that the players, coaches, and managers will say, they didn't do anything like bump the ump or cuss the ump. They love to do the hand motions and chirp from the dugout which makes the umpire look like the bad guy and they expect to get away with it. Guess it didn't work.
This is why they are called rats, and no matter how well a player may act towards all umpires most of the time or to you personally, eventually there will be that defining moment when it will become him or you and who do you think they are going to try and make look bad. Themselves, wrong. Umpiring is an adversarial role, so never let your guard down or turn your back.
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