Anybody ever toss a guy ...

[Kevin Finnerty]

Oh, man! I would never give a fan the satisfaction of even knowing I hear him or her. Never. A coach will be told to control his side if it is unacceptable abuse of an opponent, but I would have to have Andrew Dice Clay laying it on me to do something about. And only then it would be for the sake of the audience.

The JC scene in and around LA is ludicrous. There is so much taunting of the opponents and so much idiocy in the stands, it's laughable.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Oh, man! I would never give a fan the satisfaction of even knowing I hear him or her. Never. A coach will be told to control his side if it is unacceptable abuse of an opponent, but I would have to have Andrew Dice Clay laying it on me to do something about. And only then it would be for the sake of the audience.

Yes, but the fellow official ragging the umpire should be ashamed of himself, kidding around or not. I've had fellow umpires sit in the stands and think they were being funny by ragging on me, which got others in the crowd going. We are taught to never do this to a fellow official, but some people are just jagoffs.

My "orchestration" (or "demonstration") story:

HS Varsity game, c. 1988, Coach came out on me, gave me his ration of crap. After he started repeating himself, I told him, "that's enough, get back in the dugout now!" Then he does his best Steve Martin impersonation and says, "Well, excuuuuuuuuse me!" At the same time he's saying this, he does one of those old "salami, salami, baloney" deep bows.

He was gone before he got completely raised back up!