The problem with many players and coaches is they see big league managers like Bobby Cox shove an umpire and get off with little more than a slap on the wrist. I was involved in a situation in a 13&14 rec league game in which I ejected a coach who proceded to follow me around the field screaming, yelling,and pushing me. There was no security at the game so my partner and I had to push our way through the dugout and hustle to our cars the whole time being pursued by angry parents. The league suspended the coach for the rest of the year but upon appeal was reduced to 8 games. The reduction prompted my association to refuse to umpire any games in which that coach was involved. The point I am trying to make is,when we're on the field the only friend you have is your partner and the only support we can expect is from other umpires,so the only way to exact real change is for us as a group to take a stand.
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