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If I read the post right, this was not a kid, but a low adult. I assume a low adult is over 18 but not over 28. In my area there is an active adult league with 28 and over and 38 and over leagues. Umpiring adult ball is different than anything else. They are more vocal about calls, they play a lot of money to play, and they usually don't have more than 10 or 11 guys at any one game and a lot of times only 9. Most of them are just happy to be out on a Sunday afternoon playing baseball. Some bring their wife and kids, and it is a fun day for the family. So I cut them a little slack. Drawing a line on the ground would be humorous to me, in the adult league, and I would not eject for this. Call me a name and you are gone, but there are many other transgessions that I would just shrug off. I don't worry about the next guy. I assume he will handle as he sees best.
Lastly, if this was not a called third strike, his strike zone just got real big...
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