Anyway, the person who had the appointment after mine had cancelled, so my doctor was nice enough to spend a few minutes explaining that UD thing he mentioned at the end of my previous visit. Some of the things I see at games make a lot more sense to me now.

Note by Dr. Michael Byron, Ph.D., Notre Dame: "Lagomorphic Desmegolomania (LMDM) derives from Greek, not Latin." The point of Dr. Byron's comment will become clear when you click the title and read the article inside.

Is it?

Go inside to see what Garth discovered about this oft-discussed infraction.

You're U1 in Position A, and you turn too soon to cover a steal of second. Bingo: nailed in the back of the head by the catcher's throw.

You're the UIC. You remove your mask too soon on a foul popup and get hit by the catcher's mask.

You're the UIC, and you look up to locate a foul, followed by the catcher locating YOU as he's running for the catch. That will be followed by your locating the ground.

Or maybe you're anywhere on the field and you forgot your Under Armour. That's particularly hazardous in deep South Texas.

Inside you will locate two more mistakes: One is caused by laziness; the other, by pride.

Click the title to get started.

In my youth, players all knew about "Slide Kelly Slide" (no commas). His real name was Mike Kelly. He died of pneumonia in 1894 at the age of 36, so I didn't see him play in spite of what you might think. He "invented" the hook slide and the practice of catchers backing up first base. For more fascinating details, google "slide kelly slide" (no commas).

But I know this: Even without Google or Yahoo or Bing, sliding ain't what it used to be.

Click the title to see why. 

Out of deference to those who can't sit and read too long before a monitor (of which I am one), I've separated the answers from the questions. That is because around the office we decided if both the Q's and the A's were in the same piece, the reader wouldn't bother to take a rest.

Now, I hope you've walked around to think about your answers. If you care to argue about "my" answers, email me: carlchildress@officiating.com.