You say that the home team had been "belly achin'" on and off the whole game and these series of incidents ocurred in the 9th.
Sounds like you missed your opportunity to manage this game by some time. By the ninth inning this should have been handled.
By waiting as long as you did and responding in the manner you did you very well might have given the impression that you were ready and looking for a fight.
Instead, had you handled the team the first couple of times they were "belly-achin'" it probably would not have grown into the free for all you ended up with.
I don't know your level of experience, or if you were having an off day, but umpires with that kind of a game at the "real" NCAA level don't last long around here.
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