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A friend of mine, quite the smart@$$, once had a slowpitch umpire tell him as he approached the batters box, "1 out, no count." He stopped, looked at the umpire, and said, "Really? No count? Are you sure?" As I cringed anticipating the ejection (wouldn't have been his first ... and I realized I probably would have tossed him had I been PU), instead I saw the umpire just look embarrassed. PU didn't do it again the rest of the game.
PS - regarding the out announcements - I do it every time there's a long delay (pitcher change, offensive conference, or injury), and every time the number of outs changes.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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