I've had to call a ball on a fourth warmup pitch earlier this year. New pitcher came in at the start of an inning, for another team that complained during the whole game about actual rules being enforced. After his third warmup pitch, I saw that he was going to throw more. I said, "That's it, you get 3 warmup pitches." Pitcher says, "What - you gotta a date?" Then continues to throws his fourth. I said, "Yes, I do have a date, that's ball one, and batter up."
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