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I might have discovered a new excuse for not calling illegal pitches. Last night, an illegal pitch was batted into the air and caught by the right fielder. Batter returns to bat. A batter or two later, the second out is made. Next batter is up and the spectators are screaming there are three outs. The fielders are screaming back that there was an illegal pitch and getting nowhere. Finally, one yells "Dad, we know what happened, tell you later" and half of them quiet down. Meantime, the pitcher is distracted by the fielders screaming at the spectators and can't control the next two pitches. Luckily, the next pitch becomes a ground out and everyone's nerves settled down. Of course, some die hard then yells "do we get 4 outs, too?".
Oh well.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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