Watch Your Language, C*nt-Lapping Dog!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Some things about the game change... and some f*cking things don't. It really makes you feel like part of something bigger than yourself, doesn't it?

From an 1898 memo aiming to help curb the use of foul language in baseball (courtesy of Letters of Note/Deadspin):

That such brutal language as "You cock-sucking son of a bitch!" "You prick-eating bastard!" "You ****-lapping dog!" "Kiss my ass, you son of a bitch!" "A dog must have fucked your mother when she made you!"... and many other revolting terms are used by a limited number of players to intimidate umpires and opposing players, and are promiscuously used upon the ball field, is vouched for by the almost unanimous assertion of those invited to speak...

[Fman99]

I am offended.

[MFS62]

I guess nobody uses "fie on you" any more.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fman99 wrote: I am offended.

Oh shut up you prick-eating bastard

[Guest Edgy DC]

You think they'd take the time to justify a memo?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Seems fakey. Only... it sold at auction-- along with an 1898 Orioles ticket stub-- for 32 large.

[A Boy Named Seo]

If it is the players' satirical response, that makes the whole thing all the better. And telling someone, "I'll make you suck my ass!" is way scarier/funnier/dirtier than just telling them to "suck my ass".

[Fman99]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Fman99 wrote: I am offended. Oh shut up you prick-eating bastard

Sorry I couldn't hear that over the sound of **** lapping.