[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I prefer to drink my adult alcoholic beverage immediately before I officiate a game. A couple of breath mints, and I'm good to go.

Originally Posted by Altor

I'm sure BillyMac is joking, but please nobody do this.

Years ago, before things like association rosters and contest assignments were on the new-fangled Intarweb, we had a baseball umpire get suspended by the state AA for showing up drunk.

To make matter worse, nobody told the local association officers and he continued to show up to meetings and get assignments for a couple years before the AA found out. You don't want to be involved in that conversation.

There have been some coaches that could have driven me to drink. I like to tell people that when I have a game with a coach that I might have to get up close and personal I like to eat a onion (spiced with garlic) heavy burger about an 90 minutes before game time and not use mouthwash after eating, .

MTD, Sr.