Castaway

[DG]

In addition to college and high school games, I have worked at a 13-15 league that is close to my home and has good baseball. Today I was informed the league wants to scratch me. This was due to my unwillingess, on two occasions, to allow a 16 year old to warmup a pitcher behind the plate. Their argument was that he was a "coach". My argument was that he was a non-adult, and in fact, the Babe Ruth rules they play under require anyone warming up a pitcher at the plate to wear a mask. The two occassions this came up were with the same team, none of the other teams had a non-adult coach. I understand he was also a son of one of the other coaches, I don't know which. The league has decided they will abide by the Babe Ruth rules in the 13-15 division and the Cal Ripken division, on this issue. So, they have decided to comply, but have decided to scratch me, apparently for bringing it up. I will miss working there, but to me it was a liability issue I could not ignore.

Anyone have any similar experiences?