[Bainer]

Our association still tells the tale of the nervous ump who was shaking in his gear trying to impress his crew and the umpires who were watching him do the plate in a high school final.

He had been searching all game for THE CALL. The one that we would all congratulate him for catching, and that he could brag about making.

Ask and ye shall receive...

Female player takes her place at bat and rips a low pitch off her instep which rockets toward the mound.

Exploding from behind the plate, the young umpire gathers all the excitement in his body, all the air in his lungs and flails wildly into the infield screaming
"FOUL, FOUL, FOUL, IT HIT HER IN THE BOX! IT HIT HER IN THE BOX!"

And a hush filled the stadium...


Bainer.