Ejection Report
Angels vs. Ranger (?)
Red vs. blue
There is some back story to the attitude and behavior of
the red coach.
13 mins before the game time I was at the backstop
looking across the field for My Partner. And I was approached by the blue coach
asking if we were going to get the game in based on weather (?).
I was explaining that I am sure we would get started and
that I was just waiting for My Partner.
The red coach approached us and began to voice complaints
that the blue coach had a catcher without head gear and a short stop on the
field without a hat.
I looked over and saw no catcher and explained the same
to the red coach and he said the boy was out there on the field without a hat.
I said the game had not started but I am sure that if the player had a hat that
he would wear the hat during the game. He began to talk about some other game
in which the blue coach 'got him about the sunglasses and he was going to be
sure that he was going to get the coach for the hat. I told the red coach that
the game had not started yet. He said that was fine that us two could politic
all we wanted and he walked away again stating that we were politicking. I asked
the coach not to do that or to say such things.
5 mins before the game time My Partner arrived and we
began the plate meeting. I covered the ground rules asked if everyone was
properly and legally equipped. They both stated affirmative and then the blue
coach said that he had a player whose hat was broken (the back tensioner part).
I explained that I was in contact with The League and that we could not think of a Baseball Association rule that would prevent a player from playing without
a hat and that since the hat was broken and the league knew about the broken hat
That I was sure there should be no problem and that if the blue coach had an
extra player on the bench that the boy should borrow a hat.
Top of the second inning 1 out with a runner on first the
blue team’s pitcher made a pickoff move and the runner on first was tagged out.
The red coach became irate and began to jump up and down and yell at My Partner
and pantomime the tag. My Partner talked with the coach for a moment and then
went to his position.
At the beginning of the bottom of the second the red
coach was talking a long time to get his players on the field. I asked the
coach for a pitcher and a catcher. He stated that the boys had diarrhea and he
was trying to fix it. I asked again for a pitcher and a catcher. He said that
catcher was getting ready; I stated that a coach should then warm up the
pitcher he ignored me and continued his group huddle. A pitcher and a coach did
come out to warm up. The catcher arrived and I asked the catcher to "call
balls in".
At the top of the third, runner on first (unknown outs)
the pitcher attempted a pick off to first and the runner was tagged out. The
red coach ripped off his hat and began to jump and stomp about yelling at My
Partner. The red coach then looked at me and yelled that that was "2
missed calls". I asked the batter to step out of the box and I called
time. I walked up first base line towards the red coach and asked him to talk
to me.
I explained that his actions were not sportsman like and
that he was to stop. He said he was allowed to take his hat off because his
head itched, I started to explain that he knows what he did and that everyone
knows what he did and to not do that anymore. He started to walk away, I told
him that we were not done talking and that I was giving him his last warning on
sportsmen like conduct and any more behavior like that would put him in the
parking lot.
We started to part and he yelled at me to "get down
there and call strikes!" this was irrecusable and I turned and told him he
was done and he was out of the game. I turned and walked back to the plate.
I observed him stand at the bleachers and he was coaching
the players on the field, but since he was neither commenting on the game nor talking
about past plays I was not going to keep him from watching his boy play.
The red coach approached the dark side of my vehicle and
attempted to talk to me. I backed away from him while I told him we had nothing
to discuss. He would not leave nor did he come around towards the back of my
vehicle I again told him we had nothing to discuss and that would he please
step away from my vehicle after a long awkward pause in the dark he walked away
and stated I was a male private part. A mother asked my name, I gave her my
full name.
There was no incident after that point
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