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I played in our local MSBL for about eight years and can't recall any real troublemakers or problems. The expectations for conduct were laid out up front and known to all participants.
It also helped that the umpires were generally well-trained, experienced and had great game management skills.
Now that I'm not playing in the league, I umpire in it from time-to-time and haven't had any problems.
Due to time constraints and scheduling, I'm now playing in a men's fastpitch softball league. The league is pretty mellow, but there is one team with a couple of noted hotheads.
Last year that team was involved in a bench clearing incident, the first thing like that I've ever seen in that league. It got pretty ugly.
The following week, the league commissioner got all teams together before the games and read them the riot act. Those involved in the bench-clearing incident received two week suspensions.
Haven't seen another problem since.
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