[greymule]

I wonder whether these coaches are aware how "bush" they look to people who know baseball. By such behavior, they are announcing to the world that they are merely dilettantes in the game. Nobody who spent a lot of time on ballfields would ever address the crowd in such a whiney, school-lunchroom-monitor fashion.

They also tip us off that they are pure dabblers when they question rules that are common knowledge even on the sandlot. We don't expect coaches to be experts, but when you hear, "Johnny forgot and missed his at bat, so can he bat now to make up for it?" or "He's out, ump. He threw the bat!" you can't help saying to yourself, "This clown never played ball."