Trash Talking Goes Too Far

[greymule]

seriously bitten in the face

It used to be that anybody who bit during a fight was considered the lowest of the low. Same with using a bat knob or hitting someone from behind, or doing anything else not part of a "fair fight." Not any more. A couple of years ago, in the "shake-hand" line after a men's SP game (surprise, surprise!), one guy, after his opponent had passed him in the line, reached back, grabbed the guy by the back of the neck, and slammed his face down into home plate. The next day the police had the field cordoned off with tape as a "crime scene," but it was all show; no charges were brought.

We've had so many violent and quasi-violent incidents that it's only a matter of time before somebody gets brain damaged. Not long ago, we even had a military-style raid of the field by Crips seeking revenge for the supposed "dissing" of one of their members by players. The police brought dogs to the field the next night, but no arrests were ever made, even though there were many witnesses to the assault.

Last year, in a 40-and-over SP league, a player, for an attack on a teammate, got himself banned indefinitely from attending any games (by a judge, not some league official).