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Originally Posted by listopencil
In my experience baseball (and softball) allows parents who may or may not be qualified to have more of an affect on a game than other kid's sports. I got roped into being the umpire once for one of my son's games and I hate baseball. I never watch it. I had never read any of the rules at that point but I was familiar with the basic concepts of the game and no one else was willing to be the ump.
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Looking back at that now it was kind of funny. The first pitch was a strike and I just internally thought, "That was a strike" when it happened like I was watching on TV. Then I realized that everyone was staring at me so I thought, "Oh shit!" and yelled, "Strike one!"