Coach who should be shot

[greymule]

About a month ago, I stopped by to watch the 12u LL District tournament. I noticed that the umps were two guys I often worked ASA with. I also observed that, despite the media hype, the level of play fell somewhere between rec league and gym class; it bore no relation to 12u travel ball. (Apparently, the good players are on the travel teams.)

But it was the coach of one team that really caught my attention.

First play I see: Roller toward 1B. F1 picks it up and throws to F3 just in time. BU is in excellent position and makes an out call that would have pleased any clinic director. But the coach slams his clipboard against the fence and says, "Hey, ump, you gotta get out there!" (Get out there? He was out there, right where he was supposed to be.) Then coach goes out toward 1B and repeats, "You gotta get out there!" and then "You gotta make that call!" So the BU responds, "Coach, I was out there, and I did make the call."

From then on, it was constant whining, usually not loud enough for either ump to hear. The guy kept looking toward his stands, making gestures of exasperation and spewing comments like, "This guy's so inconsistent." "Where did they get these guys?" "Oh, now the plate's got corners! When we're up."

Again, this is playground-level ball. And both umpires are veterans who routinely do high school varsity and high-level travel. I noticed nothing unusual about any of their calls.

I was naturally hoping this guy would lose, but the opponents couldn't execute on the dribblers his team was hitting, and what had been a close game eventually got out of hand. So with a big lead and only one inning to go, coach watches his batter hit a pop to F4. Little girl calls for it but is obviously battling the ball, and just before it hits her glove, this coach yells, "Boot!"

Now I am not a violent man, but I confess that had a picture in my mind of this coach lying, a bloody pulp, under the left front wheel of my car.

[CecilOne]

Beside the obvious ejection possibility (permanent if I could) of "Little girl calls for it but is obviously battling the ball, and just before it hits her glove, this coach yells, "Boot!"",

I would suggest him watching their next game from a distance with a gag and strait-jacket.

[Femvechov]

Where you get it???

[ChampaignBlue]

Hey Grey? We have these things here called fire ants, pick the flesh right off the bones given time.

Lots and lots of time.

[canump]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Beside the obvious ejection possibility (permanent if I could) of "Little girl calls for it but is obviously battling the ball, and just before it hits her glove, this coach yells, "Boot!"",

I would suggest him watching their next game from a distance with a gag and strait-jacket.

I actually had the same situation in a 14u game last year. In Ontario we have an assoctian called ORSA which is manly for the rural centers,( farminng communities ) I mainly do intercity stuff Teir 1 or Teir 2, and I allways enjoy going out the odd time to do the rural stuff.
Same situation basically, 2 expeirence umpswith myself on the plate and the coach all over us, but never enough to eject him. All of a sudden we had a infeild pop up to the first baseman when just before she was going to catch it he yells and the girl drops the ball. He was the first base coach at this time and I had had enough so in my loudes voice that I could muster.
"DEAD BALL, BATTER'S OUT, FOR VERBAL INTERFEIRENCE.''
He was the home team coach and when he came down to have his words at me I stated in a voice loud enough that it carried to the stands about his manner of coaching and his lack of sportsmanship, exact words elude me at the moment but they got the drift of things. I was told a week later the the parents actually fired him as coach and a parent took over even though he had no knowledge of fastball. He didn't want the kids to have to be without a coach so he stepped forward. I did the same team a month later and he had all kinds of help from coaches who know the ins & outs of fastball and the girls were acctually having fun.