I didn't wait 2 years, but...
30 something adult league in the spring.
Typical adult league stuff no ejections or anything close to one. There was a 16 or 17 yr old kid in the visitors dugout, one of the players kid and was occasionally helping out warming up a pitcher and getting bats. Very long game and getting dark, visiting team down 2 or 3 after 8. Went to both coaches after 8 and said I'm going to try and get this in but we might not finish, if it gets too dark I'm shutting it down. We get a few minutes into the 9th and I realize that if visitors tie or go ahead there is no way were getting through the bottom of the inning without flashlights so I call the game. Obviously visitors are irate. Partner and I go to our cars and a minute later a car pulls up to the end of the lot, about 30 yds away and the kid who had been in the dugout (in the car alone) shouts "Hey Blue, You s@@k!" and then peels out. Fast forward about 5 weeks, guess which team I have as visitors at another park? Yep same team and the kid is in the dugout. Would you do anything? Here's what I did. Went to the dugout before the plate meeting and asked the kid which player was his father. Called his dad over and explained what his son had done. Then I asked the dad if he thought that was acceptable behavior? He of course was embarrassed and said no. Then I said "You can take care of dealing with this or when the game starts I can take care of it, which do you prefer?" He caught my inference but had no idea what I expected from him. He asked what I suggested and I told him I thought his son should leave the park and consider it a 1 game suspension. He agreed and the game went off with nothing more than typical adult league stuff. |
You are going to get hammered for ejecting a spectator and for bringing up something from a past game! :rolleyes:
Good move btw. :) |
Speaking of which. I have my first adult league games (non-college summer league that is) or the year coming up on Sunday. 28 and over NABA. :( I will suffer through it somehow.
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If I went around seeking revenge on everyone that hollered nasty things at me, I would be too busy to ever do anything else in life.
If you came up to me and complained about my 16 year-old kid, I would tell you to go pound sand. Then try to take it out on me during the game, and see what happens then. |
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Just to clarify my intentions. It was not revenge. If my kid pulled a stunt like that I'd be appreciative of an ump alerting me to it even if it was a few weeks later. If I wanted revenge I would have been much more public about it. If the father had told me to pound sand then I certainly would understand where the kids behavior came from. |
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They were going to be peeved either way but I probably would have been better off calling it at 8. |
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You really have to use your judgment when darkness becomes an issue and be clear about the terms. Never go in foggy -- "I'll try to get it in." You should've known when sunset was and made the eighth inning the last inning of play -- before the eighth begins tell them, "We're not getting in nine, so this will be the last inning." I've done it that way for years with great success -- the teams appreciate having a neat ending to the game and knowing when their last at-bat is coming.
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