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 .

[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.

[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.