When do you stop ignoring fans?

[sargee7]

Originally Posted by Dakota

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.

Dakota, I agree. If the fan is just being obnoxious, you have to ignore them, it's when they might influence the game. I really have no problem with asking the manager to "deal" with the idiot, just as long as they are not threatened by the umpire to do something stupid (like, forfeit) if they don't.

I had a parent during States a couple of weeks ago who was down the LF line yelling at EVERYTHING. I ignored him and once, just once, had the urge to go down and punch him in the face. His son's team advanced and played the next night. He was ignored to the point where he got REALLY obnoxious and the cops escorted him out. I wasn't there for that one, would have loved to have been.