Local Sports Writer puts former MLB player / current HC in place after EJ

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http://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/commentary-colt-s-bosetti-out-of-line/article_8d8bbbfa-027a-11e4-8358-001a4bcf887a.html

 

cussing, dirt-kicking on PU, bragging in press box afterwards.  Sigh.  

Cool side note:  Tom Hiler, who assigns this summer league, called the umpire and personally thanked him for his work and apologized for the coach's behavior.  Classy.

 

 

Commentary: Colt 45’s Bosetti out of line

Redding Manager tossed from Gems game

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Bosetti, Jacquette

 

Redding Colt 45s manager Rick Bosetti was out of line with the way he berated umpire Greg Jacquette on July 1, 2014 at the Klamath Falls Gems game

 

 

 

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Brett A. Sommers

 

 

Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2014 12:00 am | Updated: 3:38 pm, Thu Jul 3, 2014.

By BRETT A. SOMMERS H&N Sports Reporter

Rick Bosetti,

You don’t know me, and I don’t really know you, either — though I certainly know more about you.

Anyone who attended Tuesday night’s Klamath Falls Gems game could point you out, too, especially after the temper tantrum you had at home plate arguing a call.

Your initial argument to home-plate umpire Greg Jacquette wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, and it got you tossed, which happens in baseball.

But you completely took it to the next level, looking like a fool in the process, considering the fact you are more than a summer league baseball coach. After all, I know you are the mayor of Redding and even have a history of running for California State Assembly.

C’mon man.

This was a nonleague game between the Gems and your Colt 45s. Your team had already scored three runs in the sixth inning and gained a 6-2 lead. Was going on a tirade that would have left Lou Piniella or Bobby Cox shaking their head really the right call?

I’m not against arguing close plays or voicing displeasure to officials, because, yes, they do make mistakes.

It’s how you went about it.

At this level of baseball, young fans (children) are visiting the diamond because they like the game, and they certainly didn’t come to Kiger Stadium to hear the kind of language your overly-open mouth was spouting.

I could hear, nearly word-for-word, every profanity-laced phrase that exited your lips.

Things about Klamath Falls: “This piece of s--- town,†as you so eloquently called it.

Or when you asked Jacquette: “who the F†he thought he was.

He knew exactly who he was, a smart man kicking a clown off the field.

Considering your background in politics, I am sure this was not one of your better-thought-out plans. Would you have performed so in front of your community, or did you feel safe because you were out of your town, out of your state and thought you could get away with such buffoonery?

Whether the two-man crew got the call right or wrong doesn’t matter.

If you wanted to be thrown from the game, you didn’t have to go to such extremes. In fact, you probably could have asked to be tossed like Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,†and Jacquette would have obliged.

Or, at least stopped yourself short of such a disrespectful display that included kicking dirt all over Jacquette or physically chest bumping him in an intimidation attempt reserved for professional wrestling.

Maybe I come off as making too big of a deal about this or being self righteous, but what you did next was the final straw. After finally leaving the field with your briefcase in hand, you didn’t stay on the bus.

You decided to circumvent your dismissal by coming to the press box to enjoy the rest of the game, kicked back and relaxed.

If you wanted to see the contest in its entirety, you should have kept your mouth shut.

Maybe the fact you were a Major League Baseball player has given you the feeling of entitlement at this level of play.

Too bad.

I’ve never publicly shared anything I have overheard in the press box before, but your little comment about having a shock collar on umpires for when they make a bad call might have been humorous outside this game in particular, but the fact you had to come find others to complain to about your ejection was tacky.

So, Rick Bosetti, I don’t know if you will ever read this, but regardless of whether you do or not, hopefully someone else already filled you in on how ridiculous you looked Tuesday.

Put it on the pile of “bad campaign ideas.â€

Brett A. Sommers is a sports reporter for the Herald and News. He can be reached via email at 541-855-4440, bsommers@heraldandnews.com, on Twitter @BAsportswriter.

 

[Majordave]

Very well stated article. Thanks for sharing. Usually it is FanBoy reporters siding with BadBoy players and rodeo clown managers and coaches.

Nice.

Again, Thanks for sharing.