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Just curious. How loud should balls and strike calls be? I have heard you can't be too loud. What is everyones opinion.

Had a 14u game last night. Going great until the first pitch. Catcher set up about 8 inches outside and bam, pegs the mitt. I ball it and get the "if hes peging the mitt like that I gotta have that call". I ignore it and tell the catcher to move in just a bit and its a strike all day. Game starts moving on as the pitcher relaxes, maybe some ohs and ahs on close pitches, but nothin over the top. Top of the third, the kid tightens up again, and coach goes out for a visit. I wait for him to make it to the mound, record the visit and clean the plate. I walk out to break it up, and he says he needs more time. Sorry coach, if you ain't switchin, its time to break it up. He says okay, then tells his pitcher as he's walking away to make sure its over the plate, you aint get corners then stares me down. I meet his stare and shake my head and he quickly drops his gaze and gets off the field. No more problems till the bottom of the 5th. I call a strike on a letter high fastball, right over the inside third of the plate. He says that ain't been a strike all night. I take my mask off, put the stop sign up and tell him that's enough, we arent arguing balls and strikes. As the next pitch comes in, I hear him say you ain't called that all night. After the pitch (a ball), removed my mask and give him the ol heave Ho . He quietly left the field and it was oddly quiet the remainder of the game. This is the second time I've dumped him, for the same thing. You would figure after the first time he would get the point.