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The hair on the back a my neck is raised in anticipatioin of the rath "I deserved".

I knew better, just "had" to try something, This was frustrating to me, my opposing coaches, both teams players, the fans, this guys partner, the Umpire Gods themselves were probably groaning.

Really, I was just trying to help this guy out..
I know the right thing would be to suck it up and discuss with the League UIC (this was interleague play at a neutral field), which I did after the game, couple of day's later as he wasn't available, when he called me back, I just got impatient, wanted to fix him "right now"..

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However, by rule (9.01(a)(b)(d)(e)), the umpire has no authority over the fans and needs to keep his head on his side of the fence

A good reason not to pay attention to all the rules IMVHO

I don't need to ask the PU where the pitch is. I discuss it with my catcher where the zone is between every inning. If I ask PU where the pitch is (and I do sometimes) than I am questioning his call. I also know that he won't let me do it to much and back off when he indicates. Some PU will tell me where the pitch was and some won't. No big deal either way.