Hawaii Tribune-Herald
On a recent sweltering day in Panaewa, Bobby Kaupu and Pat Pacheco weren’t wearing any blue-colored articles of clothing, their designated standard for decades.
It’s just as well because they’ve heard those old lines, “Hey blue, you missed that call,” or “Eh blue, where your glasses?” one too many times.
The two longtime friends and BIIF officials are the last of their generation. Both have been an umpire or referee for baseball or basketball games for more than half their lives.
With the October 20th passing of Ramon “Sugar” Rodero, who was a BIIF official for nearly five decades, Kaupu and Pacheco are the only old-timers left.