I guess I am somewhat lucky.The park in which I call is very suportive of our crews.
Last year,during a post-season all-star tournament,I was
involved in a situation where the father of a player from our park decided to start screaming at my partner and myself.I mean SCREAMING,not just raising his voice.
I approached the home team manager,and asked him to see if
he could calm his parent down.His attempts failed,at which point I calmly told the coach that either the gentlman vacated the area immediately,or I would call the game a forfeit.After a few more profanities,the man removed himself from the area,and moved to the roadside behind centerfield.
I was told by our Chief Umpire,and two Board members that I had handled the situation well,and acheived the desired result.Also,our park has no problem calling our local police
department to remove any unruly fans,or coaches.
P.S.
I had the same home team the next day,and the coach assured me I would have no problems out of this parent.It seems that after the game in which he was removed,his wife blasted him in front of the team and all their parents about his "rediculous behavior",and told him he would not ever embarass her that way again!!
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