The Carded Coach

[njdevs00cup]

This was priceless! I was doing a 8 - 9 year old All Star tournament. I was wearing a new shirt, which does not have my state patch sewn on. The batter squares to bunt, bunts the ball, which rebounds and hits the bat (still in hands), while the batter is still in the box. "Foul!" The defensive coach asks for time and says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, he struck the ball twice, he's automatically out. It doesn't matter where he is!" I tried to explain the rule to him at which time he said, "Stop, I'm a carded umpire so you don't need to explain anything to me! But I guess guys like you have to learn at this level!"