Steve, that is nuts!
Back a few years ago I was working a game where two fields had their backstops right next to each other. The pitcher in my game had a loud "grunt" on her release.
The umpire on the field next to me, you could maybe say is like "that guy"...except she is a girl! You just never know what kind off the wall rulings you'll get with her.
A couple of innings into my game, "that girl" leaves her field between innings and comes over to mine, then calls me to the backstop. She wants to inform me that it is illegal for the pitcher to make any noise when releasing the ball and that I need to make her stop!
I tried the polite approach first, saying that I didn't believe that was right. She starts debating why she is right, so I'm done with polite! Told her to get her ass back on her own field and worry about her own game.
This same umpire is a high school coach and I've had her team a few times. One interesting play was when her catcher was chasing a wild throw to the backstop. The catcher slid on the ground to get the ball and when she did, some of the hooks on her shin guard got caught up in the chainlink fence.
The catcher's lying there, tangled up in the fence, unable to reach the ball, and the runners are taking their extra bases because of it. She finally frees herself and gets the ball.
Coach/umpire lady comes to me after the play and wants to know why I didn't call a dead ball. She argues that the umpire has to call a dead ball anytime that a player gets lodged in the fence!
