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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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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

I could see Everett taking the opposite view as well "HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE THE FAIR MAN DOING HIS JOB JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A GAMBLING FIEND AND BET ON THE WRONG TEAM?!"

although he has been gambling in the past

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

Clearly I am very knowledge in sports haha

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] apex32@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months 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 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

Well shit. You right.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Everette would’ve loved online sports betting

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 6 points 6 months ago

"Enrico Palazzo, Enrico Palazzo!"

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I bet when E-Tru goes to sporting events, they have an entrance song ready for him.

"...AND IT'S EVERETT TRUE WITH A BASEBALL BAT!!!" (cue "Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture")

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Hall of Famer Whitey Ford on the field… pleading with the crowd for some kind of sanity. Uh-oh. And a barrage of pretzels now knocking Whitey unconscious. This is a black day for baseball.