Pitcher with two motions

[AtlUmpSteve]

This reminds me of a FORMER member of my umpire association here; he probably left almost 20 years ago.

You all know the guy, every association has one. The guy that makes the obscure ruling every game, the one the coaches even know will come up with something so everyone knows HE was there, they just hope the call doesn't hurt THEIR team when it happens. We have a current name for it, "attention seeking behavior".

Well, one local team had a "screamer" pitcher; she yelled on (almost) every pitch on her release. Note the "almost"? Yep, he called an illegal pitch on a delivery when she DIDN'T yell, said it was because she "changed her delivery" by not yelling. Insisted that was a rule, and called it with runners on, for maximum exposure.

Didn't understand why that team/organization/coach didn't want him at any future games.