[greymule]

I guess I'm way too soft. Must be because I come from the old school, where umps let players and coaches say a lot as long as they didn't hurl personal insults. I've seen umps toss even fans for the old "call 'em both ways" remark, but to me, you're supposed to ignore the fans, except for obscenity.

All the FP leagues around here are real sticklers for sportsmanship and quickly get rid of coaches who don't set good examples. I guess we're very lucky in that regard.

"Call 'em both ways" from coaches or players doesn't bother me. Maybe it should. Depends on how they say it.

For some reason, coaches very seldom give me a direct argument. Their main tactic is to talk to somebody else so that I can hear:

"Looks like she's gotta throw it right down Broadway."

"I don't know where that one was."

"That pitch was right over. He's really squeezing us."

Only once would I have tossed a coach in FP, but my partner beat me to it. I've tossed only 2 players in SP. Both guys gave me no choice.