Snappy come back
 

Home team down by one, Bottom of the 7th, two outs, 1-1 count, PU calls a strike on the batter, 1st base coach yells, "You're horrible!"

There is a break in the action, I ask the coach, "Why are you calling your player horrible? Don't you think you would get better results if you encouraged her with positive comments?" Good thing the first baseman was not drinking milk at the time, I think we would have seen it coming out of her nose.

Bugg

I can think of a few snappier come backs to degrading comments that be with "you are/you're"

but they aint designed to be funny.

"You're horrible" is a personal insult and an ejection, not a time for a witty barb. The fact that an Asst Coach said it makes it all the more certain that the offending party leaves and now.

Joe

I still like the one I used this year - pitch was a little too far inside for me so I called a ball. The pitcher, coach and asst. coach (her dad) all didn't agree. The coaches went "ooooooooooooooooo". I took off my mask, looked at them and said, "That better be the fireworks you're looking at". Now every time I have them or they are watching a game I'm in, the first pitch, I can expect an "ooooooo" or an "ahhhhhhhhhhh".

Every now and then when I hear a parent or a coach say "Good eye", I wonder if they are talking to me. :eek:

thanks for making no one laugh...go pat yourself on the back somewhere else please.

also, learn how to handle these situations so others that work around you dont have to suffer listening to thise moron in futgure games act like this.

Who are you talking to?

Looks like you need a spell-checker and most of us around here wear BLUE not ORANGE .

orange is not in reference to my shirt color, for I, like many folks that I know in my state dont like the term "blue" first, we rarely even wear the color anymore and secondly my name is no longer blue, after I had it legally changed a few years back.

After many messy legal dealings the name on my birth certificate is no longer "blue" thanks. You can still use that disresptful and useless term as long as you care to though.

I do admit that my spelling is poor, but that does not change anything, I had a few beers and next thing you know was typing on here. please reread my post as I refuse to change the spellings so all can read. You can clearly decide what the words were supposed to be, even though I am off by an astounding one letter in each word, I believe.

Thanks and please refrain from calling me blue, because you would then be talking to everyone on this board apparently.

Did you mean future? I think I'd refrain from calling someone a moron if I were you.

What is disrespectful about blue?

I like it when one of the teams major colors is blue! All game long it's "Good job blue!" and "Way to go blue!". I just KNOW tey are talking about me!!

As for snappy comebacks, be careful--they can escalate into problems.

I'm sure tangerineump would love the NYC metro area term of "umpsie".

:)

Or giving a greeting to an Australian.

Bob

You see orange, we have no idea what state you are from or what discipline you umpire in since there's nothing in your profile to give us that information. Most umpires wear blue, softball and baseball...hence the endearing term "blue". It's not disrespectful to me if that's what I'm referred to as.

I was REAL confused when I first started umping....ya see...my name is Lou and I thought everyone knew my name!:eek:

I have seen a rec coach start to address the ump as "Your Honor." You can guess what he did for a living.

I like that coach!

So then you changed yor name to NORM? :D

ya it is nice when one team is blue and they are doing good, but I always wonder when they are struggling and I hear "Come on blue, get in the game." Or "Blue where are your heads at?" now that makes me wonder if they are talking to me:mad:

I've posted this before, but it's relevant again.

I was working a game once where early in the game the pitch was high, but batter swung and I called a strike. From the crowd, "Come on blue! That pitch was head-high!!!" I ignore it. What a moron.

Later, on a close play at the plate, runner is safe. Same old man, an over-exuberant, "Great job, blue! Very nice!!!" OK, whatever.

Later, on a called strike three right down broadway, same guy: "Blue, Come on!!! You can do better than that."

Then, in the last inning, "Come on, blue, knock it out of the park!" And the light goes on in my head.

I had this happen Tuesday night in the Lawyer League playoffs.

In fact, it was quite a nice little deal. Big brawny guy (rarity in the lawyer league, but typical big a$$ slowpitch dude) gets an inside pitch. It's flat but he wants to drill it. So....his front foot goes about 10 feet toward third base so he can jack it.

And, being Mr. Smart Guy of course, I call him out. Way way way out of the box, foot on the ground, etc. etc.

"You honor! How can you call me out? I thought the only restriction was you couldn't step on the plate!"

And I did have a snappy comeback:

"Overruled."

Thank goodness you didn't say "out of order" or we would have had to start a new thread.:D

Could he handle the truth??

http://www.ravenna.com/~forbes/images/jessep.jpg

A slow pitch team has a catcher named blue..

Its kinda strange at times :cool: