Submission for quote of the year, 2006

[greymule]

"So are you telling me that my player is lying to me?"

I heard the same nonsense from a coach in 1965, as a 16-year-old umpire. It was long ago, but I remember it well: "Are you calling him [the fielder] a liar?" Haven't heard the same ploy since, though.

Maybe the answer is, "Not at all, Coach. He's probably just hallucinating."

And speaking of nonsense: A few nights ago my BU called a runner out on a dead ball appeal for leaving 2B early on a catch. Older guy in the stands announces to everyone that the umpire blew the call because "the ball has to go back to the mound first before an appeal."