英语词汇kill the ump的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

kill the ump. Umpires were often the targets of rocks, soda bottles, and tomatoes in the early days of baseball, and were frequently assaulted on and off the field by players and fans. Things got so bad that it was suggested that umpires be put in protective cages suspended over the field. As the following little ditty written in 1886 illustrates, fans of the day, much as now, claimed that umpires couldn’t see a foot in front of them: “Breathes there a fan with soul so dead,/ Who never to the ump hath said:/ Yer blind, you bum!” This charge so infuriated Na- tional League president Thomas Lynch, a former umpire, that in 1911 he had a committee of oculists test the vision of all the umpires in the league. The committee reported that every um- pire had 20–20 vision or better. Was kill the ump ever more than an idle threat? Several minor league umpires did indeed lose their lives on the diamond over close calls. And in 1911 one Patrick Casey, a convicted murderer at Nevada State Peni- tentiary, was granted the customary last request. Casey wanted to umpire a baseball game before he died and so a game was ar- ranged on the prison grounds and he was named umpire. When the game ended, he was executed.

词汇	kill the ump
词源	kill the ump. Umpires were often the targets of rocks, soda bottles, and tomatoes in the early days of baseball, and were frequently assaulted on and off the field by players and fans. Things got so bad that it was suggested that umpires be put in protective cages suspended over the field. As the following little ditty written in 1886 illustrates, fans of the day, much as now, claimed that umpires couldn’t see a foot in front of them: “Breathes there a fan with soul so dead,/ Who never to the ump hath said:/ Yer blind, you bum!” This charge so infuriated Na- tional League president Thomas Lynch, a former umpire, that in 1911 he had a committee of oculists test the vision of all the umpires in the league. The committee reported that every um- pire had 20–20 vision or better. Was kill the ump ever more than an idle threat? Several minor league umpires did indeed lose their lives on the diamond over close calls. And in 1911 one Patrick Casey, a convicted murderer at Nevada State Peni- tentiary, was granted the customary last request. Casey wanted to umpire a baseball game before he died and so a game was ar- ranged on the prison grounds and he was named umpire. When the game ended, he was executed.
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