Ah....the fun and frivolity of Little League Baseball......

Umpiring a 9-year old State Baseball Tournament.

Kid strikes out for third out of inning, goes into the dugout.....assistant coach in the dugout says he throws his helmet.....kids mom, who happens to be behind the dugout, says he didn't, that he knows better than to do that.......assistant coach says ok.....

kids dad starts yapping that the assistant coach doesn't need to be saying anything, keep his mouth shut, etc, etc.........assistant coach goes out of the dugout to talk to him.....dad meets him at the edge of the dugout....WHAM!......dad lands a haymaker straight to the nose....blood everywhere.....

 

Hope dad enjoyed the game, because if I'm running the tournament, that's the last game he'll see.

 

Yeah. In the words of Hawk Harrelson....."he gone."

 

I am sure that there's an algorithm out there that shows the level of parent craziness with youth baseball is greatest the younger the kids are. Weird dynamic.

 

Gone! I hope he was arrested! Geez.

 

One could argue the existence of a state tournament for 9-year-olds is crazy in and of itself.

 

Yes, one could. And I hope he was arrested.

 

Indeed, yes. When I've coached, if I see an upset parent coming toward me, I feel like I have to be like at a cop at a routine traffic stop: be ready for anything not-so-routine to happen.

 

I bet that dad was really proud of himself.

 

You only write about us when we are assaulting coaches!

 

Sadly, he prolly was... Mom too!

 

Now the kid has picked up it's OK to deck someone when you're pissed. Better watch your back there, Chef. A pissed off 9 year old with a baseball bat could be dangerous.