The Magic Word

"Perhaps the most frequently invoked [of the automatic grounds for ejection in a baseball game is the use] of profane language directed at [an umpire or his partner.]

'People always want to know if there's a magic word,' the umpire Gary Cederstrom would tell me later. 'Is it 'cocksucker'? Is it 'asshole'? No. The magic word is 'you.'"

from As They See 'Em . . . .