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Reply to "Arguing balls and strikes"

We were in Florida last week for spring break and had an umpire who was calling strikes after the catcher was bringing the pitch into the strike zone and holding it until he got the call. That's not even framing, it's little league and amateurish on the ump's part. All coaches were chirping and finally the loudest of us was threatened with the heave. He told the ump, "I'm not arguing balls and strikes, I'm questioning your ability to properly officiate the game of baseball at this level." Blue tried to laugh it off like the chucklehead he was. We were down 4-0 and playing against 10 instead of 9. We came back and won 5-4.

Two nights ago at home, we were facing a kid who drew 4 professional scouts. He didn't need help from the umpire but got it. He was calling them low and then not only got an attitude but tried to start some stuff when he thought he heard us complaining.

I never see coaches get tossed here. We usually calm down after a dugout warning.
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