The Last Bastion of Incivility

[DG]

Likely bad habit, but I spit regular on ball field.

Can't imagine this happening.

[Rich Ives]

"if one more of them spit near my plate, I would throw them out of the game"


The rejoinder I would like to make would be "OK by me - where is your plate? This one belongs to our league."

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

"if one more of them spit near my plate, I would throw them out of the game"


The rejoinder I would like to make would be "OK by me - where is your plate? This one belongs to our league."

All of mine are in the cabinets.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by DG

Likely bad habit, but I spit regular on ball field.

I used to as a player. But I try my dangnest not to as an umpire. I just think umpires should have the highest standards when it comes to appearance and decorum, and I've grown into believing that nobody wants to see an umpire out there chewing seeds, spitting, grabbing the crotch, and doing the various other things we see from players and coaches.

And please PLEASE don't get me started on blowing snot out of a nostril...

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Manny A

And please PLEASE don't get me started on blowing snot out of a nostril...

If I have something like drainage or sniffles, I try to carry a hankerchief. However the "farmer's hankie" is the last resort. I just try to move away from players or coaches with my back turned to them.

BTW, I don't mimd sunflowers seeds, but show some class, and stop with the spitting, especially with dip/tobacco in your mouth. I don't come over and piss in you dugout.

[BSUmp16]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

If I have something like drainage or sniffles, I try to carry a hankerchief. However the "farmer's hankie" is the last resort. I just try to move away from players or coaches with my back turned to them.

BTW, I don't mimd sunflowers seeds, but show some class, and stop with the spitting, especially with dip/tobacco in your mouth. I don't come over and piss in you dugout.

I thought spitting was the whole reason for sunflower seeds! How do you get rid of the shells?

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by BSUmp16

I thought spitting was the whole reason for sunflower seeds! How do you get rid of the shells?

There's a difference between turning your immediate vicinity into a mud puddle, and spitting sunflower shells onto the ground. Most people don't let loose with a glob of slobber when they get rid of sunflower shells.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by BSUmp16

I thought spitting was the whole reason for sunflower seeds! How do you get rid of the shells?

You can spit the hulls. I don't care, but I don't want somebody spitting saliva where I have to smell it, or tiptoe around it. I used to dip Skoal when I lived in Miami just to piss the idiot Cubans off because they always made rude comments about my Southern accent.