Why, did you become the stuff of legends?Hoping nobody here was in Branson last summer for 10U USSSA Nationals....?
Why, did you become the stuff of legends?Hoping nobody here was in Branson last summer for 10U USSSA Nationals....?
Cliff Notes Version:Why, did you become the stuff of legends?
I usually frown on people getting ejected, but if you're going to go, go big!! Love the multiple "idiot" parts, own it!Cliff Notes Version:
-DD was having a rough day at SS, back on her heels the whole game.
-Eventually after an error I yelled out from behind LF fence to get off your heels.
-Since she a) was 10 b) had just made an error and c) was already mad at herself, this made her cry (I am an idiot)
-Young lady umpire at this point turns around and stares at me (she was correct to do this since I was an idiot)
-Since I am mad I yell to her "What are you looking at, I am not that good looking"
-Umpire then kicks me out, but I am already 2 feet from the parking lot so I walk 2 feet and ask if that is ok?
-She then kicks me out of the complex.
-I proceed to chuck my water at the fence but miss and it goes onto the field.
-As I am walking back to my hotel (which was about 7 miles away..that was quite a walk) cop stops me and tells me they called the cops on me for trying to hit the lady with a water bottle (note this was a gallon water bottle, I was behind the fence
and the umpire was standing at SS
-Eventually I was let go but couldn't go to any more games
Moral to the story, I was an idiot.
It wasn't my proudest moment. I've gotten kicked out of games in which I played ( I got kicked out of an intramural basketball game in college when a "pass" I threw just happened to hit the ref in the butt) but doing what I did in front of my kids was just dumb.I usually frown on people getting ejected, but if you're going to go, go big!! Love the multiple "idiot" parts, own it!
Hey it happens, I'm actually surprised I haven't been kicked out of a ton of HS games, the umpiring in our conference is a complete joke! BUT........don't have to deal with that anymore.It wasn't my proudest moment. I've gotten kicked out of games in which I played ( I got kicked out of an intramural basketball game in college when a "pass" I through just happened to hit the ref in the butt) but doing what I did in front of my kids was just dumb.
The umpire in my case did nothing wrong (other than maybe thinking I was trying to hit her with the water bottle..I would have had to be Roberto Clemente) and I never get upset at umpires/refs for bad calls now that I am a parent. My ire is usually focused on my DD (unfortunately), which is one of the main reasons I sit where I do since I can stew quietly with nobody around. In this case for whatever reason I decided to open my mouth and it snowballed from there. I have a temper, my college newspaper in an article on the upcoming baseball season, described me as "fiery Peter Attar"...Hey it happens, I'm actually surprised I haven't been kicked out of a ton of HS games, the umpiring in our conference is a complete joke! BUT........don't have to deal with that anymore.
Where I draw the line, Anna's same 12U team, we were playing at Rocky River in Charlotte, we were in between fields warming up. There was a game in progress right beside where we were warming up, both head coaches got into a knock down drag out fist fight right on top of 3rd base, so the girls on those two teams, and the two teams warming up got to see it, it was terrible! One of those coaches had a reputation for being a loud hot head, he probably started it! Hey I'm all for doing what you've got to do, but this can NEVER happen in front of kids, plenty of other areas to "work" it out!
Seeing girls crying because of a couple of DA's, not cool.
Moral to the story, I was an idiot.
Making her cry/embarrassing her (and the rest of my family) was the issue..I still getOh...do you really want the stories where *I* was the idiot?
Geez...there are so many, it is hard to pick just one...