It was just a matter of time I suppose:

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Originally Posted by waltjp

It's cute how some of you guys answer these clowns. It's almost as if you think their opinions matter in some way.

walt, I don't consider GarthB a clown. I don't agree with much of what he stands for but calling him a clown is over the top. The fact that he is so inclined to hide behind his Ignore List but take snipes at me from a distance still doesn't classify him, in my eyes, as a clown. I have other definitions more suitable.

GarthB has his standards, I have mine. So be it. As he says, we are what we post.

[Interested Ump]

Unprofessional to properly fuel the body for maximum performance? Are you serious....? No, you're pulling my leg. You got me, Tim.

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

It's as I thought, Walter. You really have no sound reason to allow this during a game. It's a ridiculous argument. The best you can do is another silly attempt at a personal barb rather than give a decent reason why your umpires would need to eat during a game. It's alloted time only because you allow it to be so. How much time does it take to eat a small energy bar, or even a granola bar that would keep their blood sugars at an adequate level. You make it sound as if you and your partners are waifs ready to faint in an instant if you're not fed during a game. It's a crock and you know it.........
Tim.

wow Tim, what a load of vitriol. You know very well that I spent several years in the performance training of athletes, many of them professional baseball players; that I have owned sports performance training gyms throughout the South. I have dealt with the medical and scientific worlds on matters of sports performance, still do to this day. Inclusive is exhaustive co-research and consultation sought regarding the biochemistry and its resolutions to human performance. I have offered to you the Two Pound Diet of which was the collaborative effort of Dr. Andrew Chung. Not to mention a large volume of works I supported with text that has been published.

I'm in a good mood, I will let you pass with no further comment.

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Originally Posted by sri8527

come on now tim, do you have any idea how hard it is too plan that far in advance? i mean if it is a five minute drive you could never eat a banana or an apple or a energy bar, and i would never actually eat or drink anything while getting dressed, you know, before you put on your uniform. how about during your pre-game if possible, and i would like to know, in what inning do you go to the potty?

Excellent points, SanDiego! I can't wait to hear IU address them.

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Originally Posted by spokanelurker

During over 30 seasons of coaching at all levels, with rookie and veteran umpires, I have never seen one of them eat anything or drink anything but water on a hot day between innings. I don't think the umpires around here would even think of it!

Oh c'mon, 30 years? Not once? Do you realize that the ods that you arent lying are a gazillion to nothing?