Lightning guidelines

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rich:

I understand your frustration. We all know that: Using facts and logic with an idiot is like having a gun fight with an unarmed man. Why didn't you pull your child from the field.

Years ago when our younger son was playing lite-weight football (he was 10 years old at the time) and his team practiced at our E.S. playground field 1-1/2 blocks from our home. Practice was after school and a thunderstorm rolled through the area. I went to the field figuring that the coaches would stop practice and move the players to a safe place. Much to my surprise the team was still practicing and parents were standing around thinking it was okay. I walked out onto the field and told the HC (who know that I was a H.S. baseball and fast pitch softball umpire) that he needed to get the team off of the field because of storm, he told me that the lightning was not directly over them so he was going to continue to practice the team. I told him: 1) I was taking Andy home; 2) He was not even going to think about penalizing Andy for my actions; and 3) He was an idiot for not stopping practice. I took Andy home.

Sometimes you just have to take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

MTD, Sr.

I was hoping they'd see the logic. They didn't. I was talking with people who had no common sense.