As rarely as possible. Softball is a live-ball sport. I'll go innings sometimes without calling TIME once. "TIME!" for no apparent reason is one of my pet peeves. No need for ANY umpire to call time during the scenario presented here.
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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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