As a pitcher, consistency is all I ask. Don't call a curve ball that barely misses the dirt a strike and then not give the same to my change-up which drops slightly less and is usually higher. Don't give me 3 balls outside all game and then in the last inning not know where the corner is. Pitchers can adjust, in HS I think we're all that good. But being inconsistent simply messes with the pitcher's mind. Of course I wasn't there for the Coppell games. Umps are in a no-win situation. I must give them that. I must say though, all too often do I run up against a very "cocky" umpire who is going to have it his way or no way. I don't know. The fact that we need umpires proves the problem. People are going to see it their way... umps or teams.