Ump Grump 0
Can you say, “Asking for trouble?”
(snip)
“It was the first time we’ve ever played it,” he said, “and within about three or four seconds, the home plate umpire looks at me, points directly at me and yells, ‘You’re gone,’ as loud as he can.
It is one thing for fans to question the umpire.
It’s quite another for a team employee in the press box to do so.
(The story goes on to point out this has happened before in the Bigs, to the Phillies organist in the old Vet, almost 30 years ago.)