Oh, would that you had put up a count of 2 and 1.:D

Would've been more alarming if he gave a 3-1 count. :eek:

or..........Nooooooo balls now and 1 strike!:eek:

Nah, that would've been more of a given. :D

OUCH! :eek:

Anyway in either situation he wouldn't walk with pride with his four balls...

Last night while umpiring lower division coed.........a girl is at bat, I called an illegal pitch, she swings and hits it anyway. The SS fields it and throws it to first. The batter steps back in the batters box......saying to the fielders...."the umpire called it illegal." Then she looks at me for confirmation. I said, "I did call it illegal. You chose to hit it anyway so you put the ball in play. You're out. " She got mad at me saying I couldn't make a call like that when she was in the middle of swinging already and wanted a do-over.

I know -- I could have stopped my story at lower division coed......but it is kinda funny.

I was also told last night that some pitches seem too high to me because I am short. Wow.....the things you get told. lol

Guys - You all are killing me :eek: after I shared a funny :D:D:D:D and Alex - I always walk with pride because I still have only 2 beans not 4 :rolleyes::rolleyes: the square hit did not replicate my privates:o:o:o

Here is another story -

About the 6th game on the field and we had a "grounds crew" (less than teenagers) come and line the field. The lines were "free hand" and were not straight at all.

At the coaches meeting at home plate the coaches were speaking how the lines were so crooked and I just told them the ground rules have been admend and that we were playing by "summer" rules.

After the line up exchange, coin flip etc one coach asks me, "Blue, what are summer rules?"

I said, "Some are fair & some are foul."

Highjacking a thread here, but does anyone have any historical context as to why Slow Pitch and Fast Pitch are different with respect to the handling of an Illegal Pitch that is swung at?

Baseball and softball have got it all wrong. No man can walk with four balls.

Nothing authoritative here, but my guess would have something to do with the fact that in slowpitch you have about 10 minutes to decide whether or not to hit the pitch that is coming toward you at a blazing 3 MPH (or so) vs fastpitch where you barely get the words "illegal pitch" out of your mouth before the catcher catches the ball.....

That is why I just say "illegal." Nothing more. ;)