Clifford has been around softball long enough that most Umps know him no matter where they are from. And a good pitcher will get the calls way outside more than a so so pitcher will, I have seen it done. The more of a rep. the pitcher has the more she gets from a Ump. I'm not saying that all Umps do that but I've seen it done before. A Umpire tries to be fair but come on they are human too, they have feelings and know the teams. We was watching the home plate ump. at the Riverdale, SD game and he wasn't looking at first when the girl was suppose to pull her foot off, but he overturned it the minute SD appealed, the ump in the field did not have a good view where he was standing though.