Your funny stories

[ChampaignBlue]

Originally Posted by Inthegame

My story - Doing JO 18 Gold at the Las Vegas Classic a few summers ago. College coaches watching these two very good Cali teams & I'm PU.
Pitcher throws a very hard inside 38' drop ball - one hops over the catchers's glove and nails me in the beans & frank.

Coaches call immediate time out (very cool) but my partner then asks from the B position "What's the count? One ball or two?"

Everyone laughed after about 5 minutes we resumed the game once I regained feeling. Oh yes I had protection.

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

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by ChampaignBlue

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

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

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

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

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

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

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

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

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

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

OUCH!

[Dutch Alex]

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

[surf24]

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.

[surf24]

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

[Inthegame]

Originally Posted by Dutch Alex

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

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

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."

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by surf24

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.

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?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Dutch Alex

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

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

[Andy]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

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?

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.....

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Andy

....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.