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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
I was right behind home plate (and the backstop!) for a game once. So dead center I couldn't see the pitcher until the umpire got into his crouch. The first called strike three was like the animation and I said "that pitch just caught the corner...of the opposite batter's box! When that half of the inning ended the PU told me "If you want to stay here and broadcast this game, then do not question balls and strikes again." From then on I referred that same pitch as "catching the corner of the strike zone" without further explanation. I had heard of broadcasters being ejected before, so I wasn't about to be one of them.
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Another umpire making up his own rules. An umpire does not have the authority to eject a spectator. He may request game management to do so, but that's it.
Bob