The obstruction issue has been covered, but I noticed one other thing in your post that I wanted to address:
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He rings the runner up, and both the head and the ***'t coach are down arguing with him.
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An umpire should never have a discussion with more than one person at a time. In this case, as the BU, you need to hustle down to where this "discussion" is taking place and gently escort the assisstant coach away from the discussion. Don't allow coaches or players to gang up on your partner.