anyone wish Ron Luciano was still around?

SethPDX · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 04:05pm

Do I wish he was still alive? Yes.

Were his books funny? Absolutely. I have them all and have read them each several times.

Could he get away with that stuff today? No way.

Thought I'd get that in just in case this thread gets locked.

kylejt · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 04:24pm

Of course his goofiness wouldn't work now, but I wish umpires were less robotic. I mean, y'all are concerned about a hammer as opposed to a point. Ron was lobbing gernades at guys. Who had more fun out there?

Lord knows I'm not in it for the money, nor fame, nor a stepping stone to "bigger games". I just like umpiring baseball games. And if it's not fun, why bother.

"Baseball is a game............."

tballump · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 07:28pm

What I would really like to see for the next 50 years at each of the 2 umpire schools every year would be to have 25 each of white, black and latino male students, and 25 each of white, black and latino female students. Then, hopefully many of these discussions could be put to rest.