Sliding at home plate

[brandda]

You have two different questions here:

1) Was it the correct call? It sounds like it. There is no verbiage around the type of contact required, i.e. malicious or not. Rather the rule states that it is the runner's responsibility to slide or go around the tag. If he does not do that, he is ejected. The only thing I might have said to your son after the game was that he needs to always be aware of where the ball is to prevent this from happening again. Generally, if there is any doubt, coaches teach runners to always slide into home.

BTW - Where was his coach during all of this? He should have been telling the boy to slide.

2) What about the theatrics? Sometimes you run into an umpire who thinks the game is about them and not about the kids. Sounds like this person took the opportunity to show off. It's obnoxious, but not illegal.