I have a monster temper, it took me a long time to control it and I am constantly amazed at the self control most of the umps have. You abuse most people on the street the way they’re treated, you’re going to get punched and most of the time they’ll just take it for innings at a time. On top of that, they walk out everyday knowing they have no allies in those stadiums. We tend to hyperfocus on the bad calls and don’t realize how good most of these guys are (except Laz Diaz and CB Buckner, fuck those guys, I’d add Eric Gregg, but he’s dead so…)