- May 20, 2015
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As my college coach used to say...there are two types of class, first and none.
Behavior like this by players is usually easily traced back to the parents, but sometimes the coach. The fact that fans/parents acted this way is not a shock.
There is a local HS team that is, for lack of a better word, simply obnoxious in the dugout. One doesn't have to look much past the coach to see the parents that also influence their actions. Funny that they get real quiet when things are not going their way in a game.
Judgemental? Yes. Accurate? Also, yes.
Blaming the umpire for determining/influencing the outcome of the game? No, but some will say yes.
this 100%
we play a team at home wednesday.....beat them a few weeks ago 16-2, they were quiet in the dugout until pitcher was mid arm circle, then they just starting screeching
obnoxious for sure.......their coaches "apppealed" (their words) so many calls, and didn't have the first clue about protocol when asking an umpire to get help from their partner, that the umpires started to ignore them
almost lost it when DD1 made a nice play at SS and caught a hot shot off her shoe laces and one yelled "guess you've got to be a man to get a call in this game".....
there's always that one team, and 99% of the time it starts from the top down