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Well, I finally got in a softball game. Great weather. Mid 70s sun shining.
I've completed 17 baseball games with no arguments. Two big blow ups in this softball game!!
Bottom of third, R1 stealing and batted ball goes dead in right field. (Fences only went about 90 feet down left and right side of field, then dead ball line to outfield fence.
I am hollering dead ball and standing in inside B position as F9 goes into dbt and throws ball in. BR slides into 3rd on close play, and of course no call is made and finally the coaches listen to me. Two assistants and head coach enter the infield and start yelling at me at the same time when I place BR on 2nd, and R1 back out of dugout to 3rd. I end up restricting head coach to dugout after three warnings to return to his coaching box when he continued to argue the base award. (assistants had enough sense to quite down and back off.) Now 2 or 3 parents are roaming up and down fence on first base side yelling about the award for 2 innings.
Finally in bottom of 9th (Why do games like that always end up going into extra innings?) we have R1 and R2, two outs and a 2-2 count. Batter hits groud ball up middle. Ball passes behind R2. F6 moves toward ball, passes outside R2 by mere inches as R2 leans away from her to avoid contact. F6 is never closer to the ball than 3 or 4 feet. R2 scores as the throw comes to the plate. Home team is all over the infield celebrating, Entire coaching staff (even restricted head coach) and some players from visitors runs out surrounding me yelling that there was interference. I reply to Assistant coach "There was no contact or inteference" and turn to leave. I'm followed out of infield and part way across the outfield with coaches and players behind yelling.
Don't you just love coaches teaching youth sportsmanship?
Roger Greene
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