CaCO3Girl posted:Parents can be BEYOND aggressive at games....but sometimes everyone involved isn't exactly squeaky clean.
9u game, last inning, mom is yelling out the obligatory "oh come on blue!!!"..."That was a strike all day!"...."He was safe, oh my God how did you not see that?!?!?" Ump turns around and says "I can see way better over here than you can over there, I suggest you shut your mouth."
Dad is a good old southern boy and can't believe he just heard another man tell his wife to shut up. He doesn't want to make a scene in front of any kid so he follows the umpire up to the parking lot to have a word about how he spoke to his wife and that razzing the ump is part of the game. The guy didn't curse or shake his fist just talked then walked away.
Umpire called his boss and said an angry parent followed him to the parking lot. Dad calls league director to tell on ump. Many meetings were had on both sides, umps wanted dad banned from park. Park wanted ump reprimanded for speaking to spectator....it was a draw and no one got what they wanted, just a how to NOT handle the situation talk.
Yeah. Double no-no. Don't tell (or suggest loudly) a person, especially a woman, to shut up. And don't follow an ump to the parking lot to confront him or her, no matter how politely. Predictable that no good would come of this. Glad it ended in a stalemate, but I'm sure the drama to get there was not pleasant.