10U Mgr chokes umpire in Lebanon, PA (June 18-19)

There are many idiots in this world. I've never considered choking one.

Its a shame people are doing this around 10 year olds, its only gonna get worse as the kids get older. Somebody needs to put an end to this nonsense.

What was the Virginia team's name? Would like to make a note of it. Thanks

It's a 10U team that is hosting a World Series event come August.

This VA team is a hosting a 10U Cal-Ripken World Series event come next month and from what I understand, the mgr in question (is the league's president) and I don't believe anything is going to be done about since he's coaching the World Series team as parents are afraid to do anything about it.

Just name the team already!

When one adult male chokes another adult male with a "death grip" it is a police matter. Parents are afraid of this coach and will not address this but will leave a 10 year old child under his care / control and supervision? Perhaps there is more to the story?

Come on Redbird. Its the city that sits at the intersection of 81 & 7. West of Leesburg. Its a long ways from the beach... LOL

I've seen tournament directors pull a lot of stunts, and shenanigans. However, I've never seen a Tourney Director run a tournament from a jail cell. This could be interesting.

That League Board better step forward quickly for the sake of those kids and the embarrassment it will cause the community. I would suggest escalating this to the Cal Ripken National Tourney committee. I'm sure they are not going to want to be associated with this guy in any way.

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Parents are afraid of this coach and will not address this but will leave a 10 year old child under his care / control and supervision? Perhaps there is more to the story?

Tough position for the parents. However, as a parent if I witness my coach choking an umpire in front of my 10 year old....the season is over unless that coach is removed from the team.

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Originally posted by NOVABBall13:
Come on Redbird. Its the city that sits at the intersection of 81 & 7. West of Leesburg. Its a long ways from the beach... LOL

You are in the ballpark!

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Originally posted by Akadema:

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Originally posted by NOVABBall13:
Come on Redbird. Its the city that sits at the intersection of 81 & 7. West of Leesburg. Its a long ways from the beach... LOL

You are in the ballpark!

I don't understand the cat and mouse game. ???

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Originally posted by redbird5:
I don't understand the cat and mouse game. ???

It does not matter, just interested in others perspective on this.

Well, Winchester is hosting the Ripken WS so I am guessing that that is where Akadema is talking about. I wasn't at the tournament where the grappling match took place so I was making a guess...

Wasn't a secret from my side, just simply that I don't know for sure whether I was even correct. You'll have to ask Mr. Akadema if it was a secret for another reason. LOL

Originally posted by Akadema:
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It does not matter, just interested in others perspective on this.[/QUOTE]



It does matter. I originally asked to make sure I was aware of the "individual" and for others to also be aware.

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Originally posted by Akadema:

It does not matter, just interested in others perspective on this.

a) Yeah, it kinda does matter.
b) Other's perspective? What other perspective is there in this situation?

I guess this approach explains how its going up north.George Mason,Maryland,Georgetown.Maybe they should let the kids get back to playing and the parents get back to the gallery.

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Originally posted by Nomadad:
I guess this approach explains how its going up north.George Mason,Maryland,Georgetown.Maybe they should let the kids get back to playing and the parents get back to the gallery.

Amen brother...

This is an interesting thread. Unfortunately there are a lot more of these acts of stupidity (which also happen to be criminal acts) than you may think. Here's an organization that tracks them and posts the disposition if charges are brought.

http://www.naso.org/sportsmanship/badsports.html


If the topic originator actually has first hand knowledge of the incident he should consider reporting it.

George Mason, Maryland, Georgetown? What's the connection?

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Originally posted by gamefan:
George Mason, Maryland, Georgetown? What's the connection?

Was wondering that myself. Though this was about a team of 10 year old players.

This appears to be the team's webpage:

http://winchestervaworldseries...ams/winchester-team/

Guess people can speculate who the alleged assailant may be from the line up in the back row.

Here's another one....

BERKELEY — BERKELEY A Little League game was disrupted over the weekend by a township man who threw a punch at a coach who was in a dugout, police reported.

Local resident Tom Kwatkoski, also a member of the Berkeley Little League executive board, was charged with simple assault after he allegedly went into a dugout and struck Denton “Denny” Munson, a Toms River coach, according to Detective Sgt. James Smith of the Berkeley police.
Officer Ronald Bondolich, who was in the area at the time, was alerted to the fight and took Kwatkoski into custody, Smith said.
Kwatkoski is also in charge of the organization's field and operations, witnesses said.
Munson is vice president of operations for the Toms River East Little League. He also was coaching the Toms River East Little League 10-and-under team when the incident happened, witnesses said.
Smith said Kwatkoski approached Munson during the second inning of the game to ask whether a baseball bat was a regulation size.
Kwatkoski left the dugout after getting his answer about the bat, but returned during the fourth inning to ask more questions, Smith said.
Smith said Munson put his hand “lightly’’ on Kwatkoski to ask him to leave the dugout, but Kwatkoski threw a punch and struck Munson.
Witnesses said the game was delayed for about 30 minutes as coaches, umpires and Little League district officials tried to return calm to the situation. Little League players were still on the field and in the dugouts when the fighting started.
The game pitted Toms River East against Stafford Township in a District 18 tournament game at Berkeley Little League at Mooreage Ave. Complex.
Berkeley Township was hosting the tournament game.

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Originally posted by Akadema:
Now ... What needs to be done about this?

Would be most interested in everyone's perspective?

I don't understand why the authorities weren't called and charges filed?

Jiminy Crickets - it's just a game when it's all said and done. Not worth "choking" someone over. Jeezzzzzz.

And yeah, if that had been my son's coach, he wouldn't be playing under his guidance after that stunt.

On a somewhat related note, there was an incident between two players involving two teams my daughter's Sr LL team played earlier this season. One team was hosting a game vs my daughter's team and then a game against the other team. Our game ended without incident - well played by both teams but we came up a few runs short. We gathered our players and headed home. Found a week later that at the conclusion of the 2nd game, two of the girls had gotten into a tussel over one high fiving the other two hard followed by a vicious face slap. Long story short, the authorities had to be called to break up the incident which then involved the parents on both sides. Last I knew, charges had been filed and a court date was pending.

For some reason Mr. Andy Hansen is not commenting on this when he is questioned. Mr. Hansen was not there, but he did have a tourney site director there who witnessed the entire incident.


Contact: Andy Hansen
Phone: 970.672.0517
E-Mail: andy@triplecrownsports.com