Bulldog.....the moral of the story is nobody associated with kids playing baseball should let a situaton escalate to the point of an altercation. That goes for players, parents, coaches, and umpires.
Paplebon barely bumped the umpire and will miss 3-games and lose approxamately $225,000. MLB has a way of hittng you where it hurts for an altercation.
High school baseball has no resemblance to MLB, so maybe perspective is what is needed more than debate.