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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Alternative suggested by an ESPN commentator: Doff your hats and bow to the crowd. Reply to a joke with a joke.
Many many many of you advise new umpires to not respond to fans because it shows they're getting to you.
What will that crew do now if a group of fans start singing Three Blind Mice" as they walk onto the field?
Trapped by thier lack of a sense of humor perhaps?  |
At the Everett Aqua Sox, the sponsor of the announcement of the umpires' names is a local optometrist, who "is not responsible for calls seen or not seen by the umpires"
Rita