Would you have tossed him?

[WestMichBlue]

Got my first notch on the belt last night.

40+ H.S. games, most varsity, even state tournament - never a major hassle. Sure there have been some words and I had to speak sharply to one coach and one player. But really, a wonderful season.

So now I am doing men's FP. Bingo - one gone in the second game. Called 3rd strike, ball walked the inside edge of the plate. Ball deflected off F2's glove and bounced towards dugout. Young man at the plate is yelling about my call. I step away so I can see catcher, who finally grabs ball, see batter still at the plate, and fires strike to 1B. "Batter is out!" Emphatic hammer.

Now he becomes unglued. "How can you call that a strike? The catcher couldn't even catch it."

"Not my problem, he got it in time to get you out."

"That's a dumb a-- call." Now I am begining to get a bit upset. "You are out, go to the bench, I'm ready to play ball."

Now he changes the sentence structure. "You are a dumb a--!"

"And you, sir, are gone!"

Welcome to the land of AA's.

WMB