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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Now the horror show begins: SHC Head Coach comes walking out of the dugout yelling at me: “Are you serious about that call?” To which I reply: “Yes, I am most serious coach.” SHS HC continues to walk toward me and I put up the stop sign and instruct him to return to his dugout. He walks through the stop sign and crosses the third base foul line still questioning me about me being serious about the call. I told him this conversation was over and that he was restricted to the dugout for the remainder of the game. By this time he is in my face telling me: “Stop f**king with me!” Of course he has now won a free “E” coupon for a ride to the farthest reaches of the parking lot. He now starts chest bumping me and continues to yell: “Stop f**king with me!” All during this time I am walking backwards while he is chest bumping me. By now Mark has reached us and steps between the SHS HC and me. When Mark stepped between the SHS HC and me the SHS HC chest bumped him and then told Mark that if Mark pushes him one more time he was going to make trouble for him too.
The SHS HC coach refused to leave the diamond after being told that failure to do so could result in SHS losing the game by forfeit. His response to being told that was: If you forfeit the game I will be waiting for both of you by the dugout when you leave the diamond.
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With all due respect. Mark, whatinthehell were you thinking about? The coach swore at you and then physically attacked and threatened both members of the officiating crew. And to top it off, he refused to leave when told he had to do so under penalty of forfeit. There is nowayinhell you should have gone past that point imo. This is HS JV baseball, not college/pro. High school JV! Forfeit the game, write it up and push for the appropriate penalties. All prolonging the game did was give the Assistant Coach an opportunity to get his shots in too.
Take care of bidness and then get outa Dodge.
As an experienced official, would you have continued that game under those circumstances if it hadda been a different team involved than one from your son's school?
Jmo.