June 13, 201214 yr I took in a little league game last night (12 year olds) and all I can say is wow what entertainment, and I am not talking about the game. Late in the game with the game out of hand the losing team brought in a pitcher for garbage time pitching. The kid begs to pitch and this was the perfect time, however, he was struggling to throw strikes. Then with a runner on he balked. The coach, in my opinion, let the kid keep rolling without addressing the balk with him because he wanted him to concentrated on the pitching. I agreed with that decision. However, the kid's father didn't agree and thought the coach should have stopped play, used it as a learning experience, and addressed the balk so the dad got up and started yelling at the coach in the middle of the game and it got real nasty. The coach started yelling back and told him to sit down and shut up. Then the guys wife had to restrain the guy, I think she choked him, to keep him from re-engaging the coach. The next inning one of the kids from the team that was winning shot his mouth off to the umpire and the umpire put the kid in his place. That caused the two coaches from the winning team to verbally engage the umpire and tell the ump they need to address them and not individual players. Not sure of the protocol here but the kids were all hanging out on the backstop vs. the bench and one shot off his mouth. I think the coaches needed to do more to control their own kids but either way this was good drama. So while the coaches and the ump are going back and forth this fat, ugly woman (sorry I felt the need to describe her) was running her big loud mouth trying to inflame the entire situation. I really don't know who was the worst offender, the father that chewed on the coach or the loud mouth woman trying to inflame the situation between the coaches and the ump. The ump kicked the kid out and shortly thereafter kicked one of the coaches out of the game. Then someone questioned him why he didn't kick the original dad out of the game for yelling at the coach and his response was it didn't affect the game. Personally I would have kicked the father out to set the bar for all the other problem parents. Additionally I would have kicked the fat, ugly, loudmouth woman out too. The cool thing is you could drink at this park (yours truly took full advantage) and I never in my life have had better entertainment for free. As much as I enjoyed all the drama it really was a sad state of affairs where several adults set very poor examples for multiple children. Is it always like this at these little league baseball games!?
June 13, 201214 yr It may not always be that bad, but parents are out of control at sports games. I've umpired my share of Little League baseball & for the most part enjoyed it. It was my first real job & most everyone I dealt with--parents, coaches & players--were cooperative. But occasionally, things could get out of hand. Nowadays, it seems so much worse.
June 13, 201214 yr What kind of Little League allows drinking at their games? That's just asking for trouble, and as theguru showed, there's already enough trouble to go around. Adults ruin everything.
June 13, 201214 yr I am all in favor of no parents at child sporting events, parents just cant handle themselves anymore.
June 13, 201214 yr None of this is particular to Little League per se. It's becoming more and more commonplace in all of youth sports. Mommies and daddies who know more than the coaches, believe their kid is the second coming of Ty Cobb/Jim Brown/Bob Cousy and deserve special treatment, accord umpires as much respect as they've taught their own kids to respect authority, and generally have all the courtesy and class of a bar room drunk.
June 13, 201214 yr Does Clizzy umpire baseball games? The only reason I ask is that at the top of my bucket list is this desire: to be ejected from a sporting event in which Clizzy is officiating/umpiring. And I'm going to do my darndest to get PP92 to join me, which I don't think will require a great deal of arm-twisting. I just wanted to let BGP know this ahead of time, so that when it happens (and believe me, it will), you'll know I was only doing it in jest.
June 13, 201214 yr What kind of Little League allows drinking at their games? That's just asking for trouble, and as theguru showed, there's already enough trouble to go around. Adults ruin everything. Little League here in NKY has never had its own complex, as do many Little Leagues around the country. They make use of whatever fields to which they can gain access. Some of these fields are softball parks that are concurrently used for softball leagues and obviously allow alcohol. Not the best situation in the world, but generally not a problem.
June 13, 201214 yr Does Clizzy umpire baseball games? The only reason I ask is that at the top of my bucket list is this desire: to be ejected from a sporting event in which Clizzy is officiating/umpiring. And I'm going to do my darndest to get PP92 to join me, which I don't think will require a great deal of arm-twisting. I just wanted to let BGP know this ahead of time, so that when it happens (and believe me, it will), you'll know I was only doing it in jest. Basketball, not baseball.
June 13, 201214 yr Basketball, not baseball. Very much appreciate that information. Now, if you can just get me his scheduled games for next season, I'll be your best friend. :lol:
June 13, 201214 yr Does Clizzy umpire baseball games? The only reason I ask is that at the top of my bucket list is this desire: to be ejected from a sporting event in which Clizzy is officiating/umpiring. And I'm going to do my darndest to get PP92 to join me, which I don't think will require a great deal of arm-twisting. I just wanted to let BGP know this ahead of time, so that when it happens (and believe me, it will), you'll know I was only doing it in jest. I can't wait. The hard part will be razzing him without laughing. And then not laughing after he kicks us out. :lol: :lol:
June 13, 201214 yr I can't wait. The hard part will be razzing him without laughing. And then not laughing after he kicks us out. :lol: :lol: Totally agree on both. But if we really put our minds to it, I know we can accomplish this. :lol:
June 13, 201214 yr I can't wait. The hard part will be razzing him without laughing. And then not laughing after he kicks us out. :lol: :lol: Oh, dude, I'm in and I'll video. YOUTUBE.
June 13, 201214 yr Oh, dude, I'm in and I'll video. YOUTUBE. The more the merrier, as far as I'm concerned. :lol:
June 13, 201214 yr You know, being the guy with my school that schedules officials, I could always request him for a game.....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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