Too chicken!
The other day I am working a 14-15 year old game. 1-0 count, no outs, pitcher throws a curveball that breaks into the dirt, cathcher drops to his knees to stop, BUT, it does break all the way across the plate. Normally, this is a ball for me. I called it a strike. One of the parents starts screaming bend your back blue! If you would bend your back you could see that pitch!
I came real close to turning around, bending over with my head between my legs and saying "By golly, you can see better this way!" I chickened out though and couldn't go through with it.
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Alan Roper
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here - CPT John Parker, April 19, 1775, Lexington, Mass
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