Snappy come back

[BuggBob]

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

[wadeintothem]

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.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

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

"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

[Mountaineer]

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".

[tcannizzo]

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

[orangeump]

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.

[NDblue]

Originally Posted by orangeump

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 .

[orangeump]

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.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by orangeump

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.

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

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by orangeump

You can still use that disresptful and useless term as long as you care to though.

What is disrespectful about blue?

[JEL]

Originally Posted by gsf23

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.

[IRISHMAFIA]

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

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

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

Or giving a greeting to an Australian.

Bob

[NDblue]

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.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

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