That reminds me of a situation. In a tournament, I called dozens of illegal pitches, both replants and leaps, by one pitcher. Of course, the other coach kept saying she does that all the time, about time somebody called it, etc.; so much that I asked him to be quiet about it. Strangely, after the first couple, there was almost no argument from the pitcher or her coach, except a few "let them play". Then, the umpires for her team the remainder of the tournament did not call any. When I asked, one said she must have corrected what she was doing. These were not borderline calls, possibly the most obvious I have seen.

Speaking of Firsts

There is a local HS team here that wear yellow ribbons in
their hair. http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/silly.gif
This night F1 has long pony tail with the ribbon tied down low and
naturally coming into view with every pitch. It was very distracting
so I had her remove it. This was their 7th game of the year and
yeppers, it was the first time an umpire made her remove the ribbon.
Had them one other time, and surprise, No ribbon.

glen

I carry my book in my bag also. One time I was glad I had it. Big batter, guy's about 6'9, pitcher throws a ball about 7 feet high, crosses the plate just below the batters pecs and the catcher catches the ball before it hit the ground. I call a strike, the batter looks back at me and says "you ain't been umping long have you?" to which I replied, "longer than you have, now play ball." Next pitch comes in at the same spot and batter pops up to short. After catch he truns and jumps all over me about the strike call. He tells me that there is a "drop zone" behind the plate and if the ball doesn't hit there, it's not a strike. I walk over to my bag, pull out my book. I hand it to him and tell him "go sit on the bench over there and when you can find "drop zone" in this book, you can come back in and play, but for now you are done."

After the game, he gave me back my book and said "well, you're the first guy we've had that actually calls it the way it says." I just said thanks, took my book and left.