The AMLU's Birmingham Folly

[BlueLawyer]

WWTB:

I have said nothing about either the 1979 strike or the 1999 resignation-in-lieu-of-a-strike. That was lawump. I am woefully undereducated in that history. For all I know he is an expert in that area.

Lawump and I are not the same lawyer. We are not the same umpire. He and I are no more the same because of the "Law" in our screennames than you and I are the same because of the "Blue" we share. This is the second time you have done this- attributing his quotes to me or mine to him.

Strikes and outs!

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

... However, like an umpire that verbalizes one call while signalling another, I f-ed up. There, I hope you can rest tonight knowing that I was man enough to admit a foible.

Now all you have to do is admit that you are a horsh!t umpire who hides shamelessly behind a false internet name and pretends to know a lot about umpiring.... and then we would all agree that you were "MAN enough to admit the truth".

I'll be in Schaumburg, Joliet & Gary this summer - look forward to having a beer with you after the game

[WhatWuzThatBlue]

There is nothing lower than taking a few kidney punches on someone who is already down. I admitted my mistake and you are only too brave to hit and run. I guess that speaks volumes about what kind of man you are.

I may be a horse**** umpire, but that would put me a couple levels better than you. I don't recall thinking that indie ball was the pinnacle of my career.

My identity keeps perplexing you but a novice member recently knew much more than you. Lah-me!

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

I'll be in Schaumburg, Joliet & Gary this summer - look forward to having a beer with you after the game

i live between schaumburg and joliet, and beer is good. when will you be working at those stadiums?

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

There is nothing lower than taking a few kidney punches on someone who is already down. I admitted my mistake and you are only too brave to hit and run. I guess that speaks volumes about what kind of man you are.

Wow... Are you being a bit dramatic here or what

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

I may be a horse**** umpire, but that would put me a couple levels better than you. I don't recall thinking that indie ball was the pinnacle of my career.

I would love to work on a field with you anywhere, anytime. Working independent ball means nothing so I don't know where that "pinnacle" crap comes from. As I said before, I am in the Chicago area often - let's go work a game of your choice (at any level) and I will work circles around you.

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

My identity keeps perplexing you but a novice member recently knew much more than you. Lah-me!

I don't give a f#@k who you are nor do I care to find out. If you think you're a couple levels above me, let's go work a game together and the proof will be on the field. Tell you what, I won't even ask you your name - how does that sound?

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

Wow... Are you being a bit dramatic here or what



I would love to work on a field with you anywhere, anytime. Working independent ball means nothing so I don't know where that "pinnacle" crap comes from. As I said before, I am in the Chicago area often - let's go work a game of your choice (at any level) and I will work circles around you.



I don't give a f#@k who you are nor do I care to find out. If you think you're a couple levels above me, let's go work a game together and the proof will be on the field. Tell you what, I won't even ask you your name - how does that sound?

I'll say this much, Sal. I was upset that my boys and I couldn't make it out to the Notre Dame ~vs~ Purdue game to see you work. My 13 year old had an I.C.C.L. game that we couldn't miss. I've seen quite a few of the guys you routinely work with call games at Eck Stadium, and to a man they are all excellent officials. In fact most are better than any I've seen work at the MiLb single A level here in South Bend. I figure you're guilty by association because you work so much with these guys. For that reason, I would work a game with you anywhere, anytime, and be a better umpire for it, I'm sure.


Tim.

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

i live between schaumburg and joliet, and beer is good. when will you be working at those stadiums?

Brian,
I will be in Schaumburg on June 2-4 and Joliet August 18-20. Email me and I'll leave you tickets at will call. First round is on me

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

I'll say this much, Sal. I was upset that my boys and I couldn't make it out to the Notre Dame ~vs~ Purdue game to see you work. My 13 year old had an I.C.C.L. game that we couldn't miss. I've seen quite a few of the guys you routinely work with call games at Eck Stadium, and to a man they are all excellent officials. In fact most are better than any I've seen work at the MiLb single A level here in South Bend. I figure you're guilty by association because you work so much with these guys. For that reason, I would work a game with you anywhere, anytime, and be a better umpire for it, I'm sure.

Tim.

Thanks Tim for the kind words. I will say that although I work with a lot of the guys from the Big East, I am not in that conference yet. With all due respect, some of those guys you see at Notre Dame are ex minor league guys with a lot of NCAA years including College World Series credentials. I am not in their class however, hope to be in their "shadows" somewhere down the road.

I will also be in Gary,IN (Railcats) for three separte series throughout the summer. If you want to get together then, email me and maybe we can hook up. Since my games are at night time, I would be glad to come out and watch you work during the daytime if I'm not to far from you.

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

Brian,
I will be in Schaumburg on June 2-4 and Joliet August 18-20. Email me and I'll leave you tickets at will call. First round is on me

i remember seeing your email once around here but i cant find it, and its not listed in your profile. i dont know if you want to post it on here again, but mine is brian.curtin[AT]gmail.com

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

i remember seeing your email once around here but i cant find it, and its not listed in your profile. i dont know if you want to post it on here again, but mine is brian.curtin[AT]gmail.com

[email protected] - look forward to hearing from you

[WhatWuzThatBlue]

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

Wow... Are you being a bit dramatic here or what

Oh, please...your posts were what most people would call 'piling on'. They added nothing to the conversation, other than to make a personal attack. If you accuse me of being a fraud, then I counter with the FACT that you are a coward. Hit and run is not noble and respect is a double edged sword. I can't recall the last time I said something negative about you. Recently, you've taken multiple jabs only to have me reply, 'disappointed'.

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

I would love to work on a field with you anywhere, anytime. Working independent ball means nothing so I don't know where that "pinnacle" crap comes from. As I said before, I am in the Chicago area often - let's go work a game of your choice (at any level) and I will work circles around you.

Braggadocio doesn't become you...without knowing who I am, you just said that you are better. That is misplaced ego and others can surely see your folly. I've said it before, my best years are behind me. In my prime, you couldn't carry my gear from the lot to the locker room. A couple of years in D1 and some indie ball mean nothing when you compare your resume to mine. I paid my dues and worked as a pro, you have only recently found your stride. Go to school, get hired and work for a few years...then I'll listen to your stories. The next thing you'll tell me is that your manhood is larger and your car nicer. Good Lord, you can spin a yarn.

Originally Posted by Sal Giaco

I don't give a f#@k who you are nor do I care to find out. If you think you're a couple levels above me, let's go work a game together and the proof will be on the field. Tell you what, I won't even ask you your name - how does that sound?

Bwahahahahahahaha! I KNOW that I'm a couple levels above you. Your last line is funny...how many guys do you work with but don't know their names? In that fantasy league of yours, pencil in Dutch Rennert and John McSherry as your partners.

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

...Recently, you've taken multiple jabs only to have me reply, 'disappointed'.

Those weren't jabs - those were knock out pouches loaded with a lot of truth

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

...I've said it before, my best years are behind me. In my prime, you couldn't carry my gear from the lot to the locker room...

Oh, so you WERE better than me at one time. Now you sound like the typical "white hairs" I work with from time to time... living in the past.

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

Bwahahahahahahaha! I KNOW that I'm a couple levels above you...

Ofcourse YOU know you're a couple levels above me... the only problem is that you're the ONLY one who knows that. One thing I know for sure is you're a legend........... in your own mind.

WWTB, I'm done with you - You're gone!! How's that - I just ran you "internet style".

[WhatWuzThatBlue]

If those were you're knock out punches then I'm really sorry that I considered you an opponent. I correctly wrote 'jabs' because they are easily deflected.

If you treat all of 'those white hairs' and others who are better than you like this, I know why you never made it in professional ball. You really should have that ego checked, it appears to be overinflated. But then again, I ran into dozens of guys on the sandlot who thought they were better than Hank Aaron.

Another hit and run...internet style; you'd be carrying your teeth in your hand if we met. You may have talent but your pile-on style and kidney shots make you a punk.

I'm going back to bed, you are really classy Sal.

[Sal Giaco]

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

...you'd be carrying your teeth in your hand if we met...

You know where to find me (as I posted some of the dates when I'll be in your backyard). I'll be waiting..... unlike yourself, I don't hide behind anything.

[lawump]

Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

Alas and alack...I reviewed my contentious post and found that I had done exactly as lawump stated. Mistakenly, I had written 1979 instead of 1999. Mea culpa.

I accept your mea culpa.

I guess that fortune you would have made litigating against me is now gone. The senior partners in my firm are now relieved to know that I'll be continuing to add to the firm's coffers.

Don't worry you're not alone: quite a number of white haired lawyers in my area thought that all they had to do to win against me was show up. They were wrong, too.