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Old Mon Jul 07, 2003, 12:36pm
Lonewolf986 Lonewolf986 is offline
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I remember one this one game a couple years ago when I had to throw out an entire bench, stands and eventhe people behind the 300 fence.

I mentioned this before, but a kid dropped his shoulder, and flipped a runner stealing home. The kid went home in an ambulance, and I threw out the football player. Parents went wild when I threw the catcher out. Then the coach tried to calm them down, but too late...I pointed to three people and said "You, you, you, go!" Then there was a small family behind the 300 line that kept yappin at my partner, so I told them "you, you AND you, out!"...eventually I called the game because the coach couldn't control his players,parents or fans. (they were losing 10 - 1) and were in the bottom of the inning.

My partner was gettin antsy, since it was his first season, and to take any heat off him, I played the "bad cop." (and he actually WAS calling a decent game)

The commissioners for our leagues came out of the concession stands and took the coach and had a "chat" with him.

It was like a ticker tape parade when we left the field out the homeside!

But since then, i've learned to have a "thicker skin" and ignore some of those comments. But whenever they attack my partner that day, all he has to do is give me a thumbs up, and I get trigger happy.
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