Strangest thing an Umpire has said to you?

[Cannonball]

To piggyback off of another thread, what is the strangest thing an Umpire has said to you? This year, after watching my dd get called out on a pitch about 24 inches outside, I went behind the plate to take some pictures. I had never said a word to the Umpire and there is no way he could know that this young lady hitting was my dd. As I have mentioned before, I sit in a chair and keep my mouth shut during games. Anyway, the Umpire turns around, looks at me and says, "If you take (snap) that picture, I'm going to throw you out of this park!"

I have had a lot of other examples but wanted to hear what others have experienced both good and bad.

 

[Eric F]

Wow. When I get to be JUST a parent (not on the field, in the dugout, or running the book), I tend to move around and take pics from different places, including behind home plate.

Running the book, there have been numerous times where I've had extended conversations with umps, but it's always been friendly.

 

[quincy]

"If you take (snap) that picture, I'm going to throw you out of this park!".

Did you go over and sit with the other Team? If he is going to be grumpy maybe that would have helped your Team.

 

[canyonjoe]

We were playing in a friendly a few weeks back. As I'm walking past plate to coach 3rd the ump asks me to take a pick with him and the catcher on his phone.

 

[Lobster Birch]

Did you do it?

 

[canyonjoe]

I did do it.

 

[NorthMS]

Wow Cannon, how did you respond?

 

[canyonjoe]

At first I thought I heard it wrong then I got a funny look and he said he does it before every game as a record. He was a younger ump (maybe 22).

 

[BT3100]

We were playing in a friendly a few weeks back. As I'm walking past plate to coach 3rd the ump asks me to take a pick with him and the catcher on his phone.

Call me crazy but that's a little creepy.
I had an ump last week at a Rec game ask me if he wanted to give my DD a rec strike zone or a travel zone. She's plays travel and the other pitcher is just starting out. I told him to give her a travel zone. He squeezed her a bit
All good. He called the game fair just kept her zone a little tighter.

 

[JJS]

I had an umpire once tell me that he would bet his 2 military retirement checks that he knew the rule, and that I was wrong. He went and got the UIC. They talked for a moment, and he came back pretty agitated. He came back on the field and told me not to talk to him anymore. As I was walking away I asked him when he would be mailing me checks...Didn't go over well.