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Row86

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Why do people

Jun 6, 2025, 8:07 PM

call the umpire “blue” ???

Is it one of those things stupid people say just because they heard other people say it?

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smitty1959®

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Idk.

Jun 6, 2025, 8:13 PM

It's kinda like, GET IN THE HOLE ( at a golf tourney)

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Jon81

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Re: Why do people

Jun 6, 2025, 8:14 PM

Because a lot of umpires do wear blue

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tiger co-op

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Is this a serious question?

Jun 6, 2025, 8:15 PM

Cause if you knew any history as it concerns baseball you would know baseball umpire uniforms are traditionally blue. They used to wear blue shirts, jackets, and caps. The uniform has evolved in recent years to mostly black, but the “Blue” nickname has stuck.

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Row86

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Is this a serious answer?

Jun 6, 2025, 8:18 PM

The umps are wearing black.

It’s weird enough to call them by the color they are wearing.
But even worse to call them by the wrong color.

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geech72®

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No he never asks serious questions***

Jun 6, 2025, 8:20 PM [ in reply to Is this a serious question? ]

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Uncle Bill®

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Re: Why do people

Jun 6, 2025, 8:16 PM

No (imo). It has always been a ‘term’ used to address a baseball (and softball) umpire. No different than ‘ribby’, ‘the bump’, ‘no no’, and other nicknames used in the game played on the ‘diamond’.

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Mike4TigersNo1

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You cant be serious?***

Jun 6, 2025, 8:17 PM

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Re: You cant be serious?***

Jun 6, 2025, 8:21 PM

It is a serious answer and the right answer....how can this be so upsetting?

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geech72®

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You dont have to touch the ball down in the end zone to score 6 points

Jun 6, 2025, 8:26 PM

baseball bats don’t have screws like golf drivers for you to “hit it on”
I don’t see a lot of dust on a football field after you gain 4 yards rushing

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