In baseball slang, three blind mice denotes the three umpires on the field. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Three Blind Mice in Baseball”
So Grant, when it comes to baseball, do you know what three blind mice means?
Oh, it’s the umpires.
Yes.
Yes.
I did not realize that that was a term for umpires and that at some baseball stadiums, when umpires take the field, they play the song on the organ.
Do they?
It also has the nice Three Stooges connotation as well, right?
Hadn’t thought about that.
As you know, I’m not a baseball fan at all, but it sounds like a lot of the appeal is just rooting for your own team and dissing the umpires.
And everyone else, pretty much, except your own team, and maybe even some of them.
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