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"The Pitcher deserves a good punch out"....
Especially on a third pitch to the batter that results in a called strike three.
I hate the way pitchers will go 0-2 on a batter and then fiddle fart around with the up and away, low and away, up, up and away in a beautiful balloon pitches to try and get a batter to swing and then wind up with a full count and they have to pitch to the guy (usually straight down the middle) and the batter gets a hit.
Or when the catcher sets up a foot and a half outside and receives the ball on his outer knee and the coach asks: "where was that pitch?", or the dugout, fans, etc. all say: "good pitch?" Give me a break!
I LOVE it when a pitcher and his coach have a set of stones and throw the smoke on the inner half under the hands and blow the MF'er away with the big #1 and I sound off with the loudest voice I have (which is pretty Effen loud): "Striiiiiiiiiiiiike Threeeeeeee!" while hammering with my right fist and then punching straight out with my left fist and pulling my right back at the same time.
Of course this only works with guys who can really pitch and have genuine heat. I love it. Unfortunately, I don't see it very much, even in college games.
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"We are the stewards of baseball. Our "customers" aren't schools, or coaches, or conferences. Our customer is the game itself." Warren Wilson, quoted by Carl Childress, Officiating.com article, June 3, 2008.
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