@Consultant posted:the great Satchel Paige when pitching to Josh Gibson told Josh each pitch he was going to throw. Fast ball inside corner, curve ball outside corner and final strike "knee high"down the middle. "True Story" and no, I was not there.
Bob
You just reminded me of one of the few times I mouthed off on a field. I went to 3-0 on the lead off hitter. It was with an umpire I didn’t care for. Half my walks for the season came with this guy umpiring.
All three pitches were strikes I walked halfway to the plate and spouted off at the umpire, “You have a strike zone the size of a g** d*** pie plate. I’m throwing the next three down the middle.” The next pitch was dead center of the strike zone. “Ball four.”
This time the umpire walked halfway between the plate and the mound. He pointed at me and said, “You pitch. I’ll call the game.”
When I came to the plate in the bottom of the first I told the umpire I was sorry. His response, “I’ll bet you are right now.”