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District Tournament Play-In Game.....In the Top of the 5th inning with 2 outs HT led 3-1, they attempted a pick off move to 1B, my partner called the player safe. The HT Heac Coach did not agree and came out on the field to argue the call, yelling that "there is no way he is safe, what are you looking at." My partner told the coach to the leave the field, after a few more words the coach walked off the field and as he did he said aloud in my direction "that call is absolutely terrible, your partner is killing me". (I probably should have restricted him and I thought my partner definetly should have) VT would go ahead and score two runs to tie the game in that inning. In the middle of the inning the HT coach came out stood beside me and quietly told me that my partner blew the call and it cost his guys 2 runs. I told the coach I didn't want to discuss it and I asked him to go back to the dugout. In the Top of the 7th inning with the score 3-3, 1 out and the runners on 2nd and 3rd the ball was hit to CF. I moved from behind the plate in down the 3rd base foul line and in front of 3rd base dugout to line up the catch and the tag at 3rd. The ball was caught for out #2 and the player scored after tagging up. HT appealed that the player left early, I called him safe. HT head coach started screaming that this is terrible, jumping up, and down saying we have cost him another run. He kept arguing the call after being asked to leave the field so I confined him to the dugout. The game ended in the bottom of the 7th inning on a 2 out double. The kid was rounding second headed for third and the Assistant coach made a bone head error and told the kid to retreat to second where he was subsequently tagged out for the final out. Obviously the HT Head Coach would have been on 3rd base coach box. As we attempted to walk out the VT dugout and the HT head coach ran to 1B side, quickly shook hands with VT coach and started yelling at my partner and I. As we walked across the field he followed us and yelled out that we are terrible, told us to enjoy our checks cause we didn't earn them and said we cost his team the season. I stopped at the 1st base foul line I ejected him as he continued to scream and yell. His Assistant Principal met us in the parking lot and apologized for his coach's behavior and said that he hoped that we write a report to the association. I told him I had to because his coach was ejected. The assistant principal again apologized and looked forward to hearing from the report. What do you all think could have been different. I wish we had restricted him in the 5th inning, we may have avoided the ugly Post game.