It was just a matter of time I suppose:

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by Interested Ump
That's a shame. Often there is no time between end of work (for those that have day jobs, I realize many on the forum don't) and home plate meeting, to wait 4 hours to eat or drink is patently absurd. There is much evidences that as blood sugars drop, abilities, especially cognitive and visual, drop with it.

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

They have more time to grab a snack between innings than they would on the drive to the field from work? I think you've given a pretty poor excuse to allow this kind of unprofessionalism. It's not that tough to plan ahead.........
Tim.

Yes, you're correct. More time between innings since, as I posted, this is allotted time. There are a few who take advantage of this and eat on the way to the field and again at the field, we call them The Big Umps.

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

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by Interested Ump

Originally Posted by Interested Ump
That's a shame. Often there is no time between end of work (for those that have day jobs, I realize many on the forum don't) and home plate meeting, to wait 4 hours to eat or drink is patently absurd. There is much evidences that as blood sugars drop, abilities, especially cognitive and visual, drop with it.

Yes, you're correct. More time between innings since, as I posted, this is allotted time. There are a few who take advantage of this and eat on the way to the field and again at the field, we call them The Big Umps.

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

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.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

It's as I thought, Walter. You really have...

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

[GarthB]

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.

My grandparents taught my parents, my parents taught me and I taught my kids: What you do is far more meaningful and revealing than what you say.

When posters, who complain about these pretenders for getting personal or posting utter nonsense, continue to dialog with them, they demonstrate that their protestations are phony. They must derive some kind of twisted pleasure by being subjected to these wannabes. I can think of no other reason for one to continue to offer one's self up as an easy and frequent target, and, indeed, invite a continuing barrage of blather.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by GarthB

My grandparents taught my parents, my parents taught me and I taught my kids: What you do is far more meaningful and revealing than what you say.

For a guy with 10,000 posts, that's oxymoronic.

When posters, who complain about these pretenders for getting personal or posting utter nonsense, continue to dialog with them, they demonstrate that their protestations are phony. They must derive some kind of twisted pleasure by being subjected to these wannabes. I can think of no other reason for one to continue to offer one's self up as an easy and frequent target, and, indeed, invite a continuing barrage of blather.

Someone who understands the KingGarthB's English please post a translation.

[Interested Ump]

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.