Another Question about umpire behavior

[Tim C]

I thought the same thing.

To me baseball is a spittin', scratchin', cup adjustin' type game and there seems to be a stance here about spiting of any kind.

When I umpire I spit . . . I don't chew seed, I don't chew WB Cut . . . I walk on to a baseball field and I spit.

I hardly think that this thread should be dominated by the "Felix Ungers" of umpiring.

I agree that tobacco chewing is against the rules for the 99.999999% of us. We don't work in "The Show" . . . But, what if, you had a plug of Sugar Babies in your check ("just a pinch between cheek and gum") I hardly think it would be "unprofessional" to spit on the ground.

[Edited by Tim C on Aug 5th, 2002 at 03:04 PM]