Dumbest fan ever?

[BuggBob]

One out bases loaded, Batter hits and infield fly. Both me and partner make the call, second baseman drops the ball, runners take off. when the dust is clear, two runs are in and the are runners at third and second. Well we all know that the runner at second is the batter. I tell the coach infield fly the batter is out. Coach is okay with it, but the runner won't leave base. Coach ask for time and goes to get little Johnnie Cries-alot, as he is big Johnnie rushes onto the field from somewhere in the stands (with a beer in hand) yelling at me for calling Jr. out on a dropped ball. Before he can get there and before I can say anything, two other dads tackle him in the dirt and drag him kicking and screaming from the field. The coaches and kids just stood there pale faced with their mouths wide open. Everybody, and I mean everybody associated with the team could not apologize to me enough. I felt bad for little Johnnie, he could have been a good player, but I never saw him play again as no team wanted that much parental baggage.

Bugg

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

One out bases loaded, Batter hits and infield fly. Both me and partner make the call, second baseman drops the ball, runners take off. when the dust is clear, two runs are in and the are runners at third and second. Well we all know that the runner at second is the batter. I tell the coach infield fly the batter is out. Coach is okay with it, but the runner won't leave base. Coach ask for time and goes to get little Johnnie Cries-alot, as he is big Johnnie rushes onto the field from somewhere in the stands (with a beer in hand) yelling at me for calling Jr. out on a dropped ball. Before he can get there and before I can say anything, two other dads tackle him in the dirt and drag him kicking and screaming from the field. The coaches and kids just stood there pale faced with their mouths wide open. Everybody, and I mean everybody associated with the team could not apologize to me enough. I felt bad for little Johnnie, he could have been a good player, but I never saw him play again as no team wanted that much parental baggage.

Bugg

That is just plain strange! Drinking beer at a Little League game, how bizarre.

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

That is just plain strange! Drinking beer at a Little League game, how bizarre.

I've seen it (sometimes wine), cleverly disguised in some sort of Coleman cooler along with the hor' dourves parents might have organized. Well, maybe not so cleverly, if I could figure it out.

Talk about a wine and cheese crowd.

I'd imagine LL has a policy on no drinking at games. I'll leave that one up to the TD unless the guy is spilling it on me.

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

I've seen it (sometimes wine), cleverly disguised in some sort of Coleman cooler along with the hor' dourves parents might have organized. Well, maybe not so cleverly, if I could figure it out.

Talk about a wine and cheese crowd.

I'd imagine LL has a policy on no drinking at games. I'll leave that one up to the TD unless the guy is spilling it on me.

i remember back in my LL playing days, id see other team's coaches and dads hanging out down the line drinking out of red plastic cups sometimes. the 12 year old me always wondered why they were drinking out of red plastic party cups at a baseball field, as opposed to bottled water or gatorade.

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

i remember back in my LL playing days, id see other team's coaches and dads hanging out down the line drinking out of red plastic cups sometimes. the 12 year old me always wondered why they were drinking out of red plastic party cups at a baseball field, as opposed to bottled water or gatorade.

You led a sheltered life, my boy.

Bob

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

You led a sheltered life, my boy.

Bob

so did the rest of the league. 12 year olds in my area arent big drinkers. maybe now, but not when i was 12.

[DG]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

the 12 year old me always wondered why they were drinking out of red plastic party cups at a baseball field, as opposed to bottled water or gatorade.

Bottled water and gatorade were a long time from being invented when I was 12. There was no such thing as an aluminum bat, nobody had batting gloves, and there were no players with equipment bags and very few had their own wood bats. Everybody had a glove.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by DG

Bottled water and gatorade were a long time from being invented when I was 12. There was no such thing as an aluminum bat, nobody had batting gloves, and there were no players with equipment bags and very few had their own wood bats. Everybody had a glove.

I had a Louisville Slugger 30" and a Adirondack (sp) 31" when I was in Little League. I played golf, but I never thought to wear my golf glove for batting. I probably would have gotten my butt kicked by the other kids if I did!

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I had a Louisville Slugger 30" and a Adirondack (sp) 31" when I was in Little League. I played golf, but I never thought to wear my golf glove for batting. I probably would have gotten my butt kicked by the other kids if I did!

For me, it was a TPX 30 inch 21 ounce.

Now they make the same 30 inch bat probably about 15 ounces (I could have hit alot more homers! As in, one homer).

Funny thing is, somebody on this board actually umpired my final LL game, when I was 12. I'd like to point out I went 2-3, hard single on a curveball, and the fake bunt pull back ground ball to F6. That pitcher now pitches D1. I guess the highlight of my baseball playing days! Ahhh LL, thats why it can be so good to be umpiring it, for me anyway, because I still remember so clearly.