THANK YOU - without the rule citations that is everything I said. I even added that when the ball hits the roof of the Astrodome it's dead. Both umps and other coach just looked at me. I even objected to the ground rules then explaining the reasoning and plate umpire said it's his ground rules. I know I shouldn't have but I agreed to play because there's no way they were going to change their mind and the chances of the tree getting hit were remote. This is a team in our conference so we will play there the next three years.
I asked the plate umpire later in the game how close he came to tossing the other coach (I was just curious) and he said "I'm not throwing anybody out. Too much paperwork." I just walked away.
We used to be part of this association but as AD 3 or 4 years ago I petitioned the state to let us go to another association because it was so bad. We actually won a protest and had to replay the last out of a game because they butchered a black and white rule so bad.
Thanks again