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This is not embarrassing but I think pretty funny - but I guess you'll be the judge of that. Around 1985 New York City hosted the AABC Mickey Mantle regional. The final was held at Shea Stadium and I worked 2B. A team from Brooklyn beat a team from the Albany area. The upstate team was not particularly happy with the umpiring that day, especially with the PU. There were plenty of remarks from the stands that their team was getting homered.
So, after the game, I'm walking to my car in the lot and as I approach I see that I am parked right next to a whole bunch of the upstate team members and families. Of course. So I put my head down and try to walk past them hoping they wouldn't recognize me. One of the parents comes over to me and says, "We were robbed." I reply somewhat dismissively saying something like "Yeah, right." He replies, "No! We were robbed." It turns out they had failed to lock their van and had a bunch of luggage stolen. They didn't have a clue I was one of the umpires.
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