[RPatrino]

Sounds like you have a fun afternoon!! First, I think you had been done a serious disservice by the other umpires who work these games. They have been lax and very unprofessional if they allowed the behavior that was exhibited in your game to continue unaddressed. You got into a hornets nest, and the minute you started to exert your rightful authority you were doomed.

In cases like this, your only course of action is to EJECT, early and often. You should have ejected the assistant coach during his first outburst. In my games, assistants are seen and rarely heard. They may ask questions but I have zero tolerance for outbursts or arguments. He should have been gone before the T left his lips saying bullshi.....

As far as the obstruction call, its Type B, delayed dead ball until all action and play has stopped. Call time and enforce the obstruction and any awards that are appropriate. That was pretty straight forward.

With regards to the calling of the field director, that was appropriate. My only question is, was the Manager a complete wimp or did he just not have the balls to control his coaches? At some point I probably would have dumped him too, just on principle. Were there any other adults coaches in that dugout?