When do you stop ignoring fans?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by sargee7

The umpire is not responsible for anything that happens outside the field, neither is either coach/manager.

The best way to handle an idiot like in the OP is to put the players in the dugouts, call the TD or whoever and refuse to restart the game until the PITA is gone...

While the coach may not be responsible in general terms for "anything that happens outside the field", if that was a parent of one of his players, he does have considerable influence / power to deal with the situation. Having the coach deal with it is, in my experience, the quickest way to get it resolved. It would most likely quickly stop the disruptive behavior, and I don't really care if the guy is removed or not so long as the disruption stops.

I would consider your "best way" to be the way to handle it if the coach cannot / will not.

Also, neither of these gets employed if the fan is merely being loud, obnoxious, and annoying. For that, he just gets ignored. It is only if he is actually disrupting the game.