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Had my last fall ball game today. It was between two decent teams, but nothing special. All in all, a nice, simple game... Until the bottom of the 3rd. R2, no outs. Batter tips the ball. R2 takes 3rd. HM comes out and says he tipped it. I say, sure did skip. Then why's R2 at 3rd? It's a live ball. He argues and I tell him, its a live ball, runner stays. He goes back to his buckets mumblin and griping. Next batter, kid squares to bunt. Ball comes outside, kid pulls bat back just a bit and doesn't attempt to make contact. I balled it. Hear the HM griping and look at him and he quiets down. Next pitch, kid squares to bunt again and this time, balls inside. The batter drops the bat and bails. Again, I ball the pitch. HM says that's two blue. I pull off my mask, put up the stop sign and say THAT'S ENOUGH! HM jumps off his bucket saying I've had it in for him all season ( my second time doing his game, no problems the first ), that I need to do my job, learn the rules and stop missin calls. So, I dumped him. Then the fun started. He's b!tchin and saying he's not leaving. As I turn to pull the kids off the field til he leaves my BU (president of the league) comes to talk to him. He asked him to leave at least 3 times. And he keeps refusing. So, president declares a forfeit and the games over. I didn't agree with that, but its his call. I feel bad, not about the dump, but for the kids. It's not their fault their coach is a jacka$$. But they are the ones that had to suffer. And this isn't a normal fall ball team. It's mostly a travel team with 3 or 4 non travel players. And if this is how coaches can act in travel ball around my area, I'll stick to my rec league. IMO, its uncalled for and quiet frankly, disgusting. How is this teaching these kids anything about baseball?