Where to Draw the Line With Fans

[ctblu40]

You need to ignore these types of comments. Remember, in amature baseball, there are very few (if any) true fans in the bleachers. The poeple watching these games more likely than not are spouses, parents, etc.

I did an adult tourney last season and was getting ridden pretty hard from the bleachers. After a disparaging remark about my wife, I turned to the dugout (of the fans team) and ejected the first player I saw. When the coach argued that his player hadn't said anything, I told him, "It came from this direction coach, and he looked guilty. If these comments continue, so will the ejections. Take care of it."

After the next ejection of one of his players (about 2 minutes later) the crude comments stopped.

Just 1 solution.

BTW, the TD cut this team from the entire tournament, and refunded their entrance fee. Class act, I thought.