In one game last year, a mom seated behind the screen chastises me for 3 innings because I allowed R1 to steal on a foul tip. "C'mon blue, you have to send the runner back on a foul ball!, etc., etc...."
In another game, a dad complains for an hour that I didn't call a infield fly when batter bunts ball straight up in the air to F1.
But we're taught to not talk to the fans. So we have to take the grief, and wonder why we take this on the weekends instead of spending time with our own kids. Are hobbies supposed to be this infuriating?
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