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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Originally published 1906-07-18

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[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's an umpire, not a ref.

I don't know why they have a different name.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

Clearly I am very knowledge in sports haha

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] apex32@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Wikipedia says the position of umpire is "analogous to that of a referee in many other sports."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's just the home plate umpire. The base umpires don't have padding and masks.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well shit. You right.