I get much more grief from parents over my strike zone when umpiring baseball — especially the ones sitting over behind first base. My favorite was when I rang out the catcher (Kyle) for one team on an outside corner pitch. The next inning, the other team’s catcher (Steve) also not rang out on pretty much the same pitch. Steve’s mother started yelling obscenities at me. He simply turned to her and yelled back “Shut up mom, it’s the same pitch that Kyle was called out on”.
I get much more grief from parents over my strike zone when umpiring baseball — especially the ones sitting over behind first base. My favorite was when I rang out the catcher (Kyle) for one team on an outside corner pitch. The next inning, the other team’s catcher (Steve) also not rang out on pretty much the same pitch. Steve’s mother started yelling obscenities at me. He simply turned to her and yelled back “Shut up mom, it’s the same pitch that Kyle was called out on”.