since we're kicking....
last night in my LL game I had a kid with an attitude with almost identical results. After I called a strike on him, he turned to me incredulous and said, "THAT was a STRIKE?" I replied, "yes, son, you could tell because I said 'strike'" The catcher snickered and the batter's face got very red. He struck out swinging weakly on the next pitch.
On the way to the dugout he angrily pulled off his helmet and tossed in into the fencing. I warned him and his coach that if so much as looked cross-eyed the rest of the game I would eject him.
Was that too lenient? Should I have tossed him sooner? Am I a total jerk for hijacking this post?
