Catfight?

[VolUmp]

Last 18u Summer Ball Tournament of the 2016-2017 league year.

Both teams (split a DH 3-1 and 2-0) were great.  Great coaches, players, even team managers.

After 2nd game, I walked from the plate to grab my gear bag and cooler.

A bunch of parents were grabbing their chairs, cheering us through the fence, etc.

"Hey Blue, great games ... best we've had all summer.

Loved that zone ... except when you rang up my son!"

(All friendly chatter ...... until ..... )

The grandmother sitting still in her chair waiting to get a word in said ...

"Mr. Umpire ... you were really pretty bad.  I'm not joking ... pretty bad."

A mom ... about 4 seats away ... clearly with the same team ... said,

"Now why would you say something like that to him?"

"I have a right to say whatever I want.  What's he gonna do ... throw me out?"

"Well, he has a right to call you a fat ugly bit---. but he didn't say a word."

I'm gonna take a wild guess that the mom here has been holding back for months ... maybe years ...

 

[stkjock]

[Jimurray]

1 hour ago, VolUmp said:

Last 18u Summer Ball Tournament of the 2016-2017 league year.

Both teams (split a DH 3-1 and 2-0) were great.  Great coaches, players, even team managers.

After 2nd game, I walked from the plate to grab my gear bag and cooler.

A bunch of parents were grabbing their chairs, cheering us through the fence, etc.

"Hey Blue, great games ... best we've had all summer.

Loved that zone ... except when you rang up my son!"

(All friendly chatter ...... until ..... )

The grandmother sitting still in her chair waiting to get a word in said ...

"Mr. Umpire ... you were really pretty bad.  I'm not joking ... pretty bad."

A mom ... about 4 seats away ... clearly with the same team ... said,

"Now why would you say something like that to him?"

"I have a right to say whatever I want.  What's he gonna do ... throw me out?"

"Well, he has a right to call you a fat ugly bit---. but he didn't say a word."

I'm gonna take a wild guess that the mom here has been holding back for months ... maybe years ...

 

Can't think of what would I leave in that vicinity that would require me to go there at game end as the PU. I have left some water battles in the fence.Anyway don't interact with the fence?

[Kevin_K]

8 hours ago, VolUmp said:

After 2nd game, I walked from the plate to grab my gear bag and cooler.

 

 

6 hours ago, Jimurray said:

Can't think of what would I leave in that vicinity that would require me to go there at game end as the PU. I have left some water battles in the fence.Anyway don't interact with the fence?

Perhaps it was a can of white spray paint

[Mudisfun]

@VolUmp finally tells an upbeat, lighthearted and even cute story and still people have to criticize... Maybe he went back for a personal hard shell drink cooler. Who cares? And I bet all of us get close to the fence when leaving... normally you have to go to the fence to get through the opening to leave.

Have to give props to the woman telling the old bitty to basically cram it.

 

 

[BrianC14]

13 hours ago, Jimurray said:

Can't think of what would I leave in that vicinity that would require me to go there at game end as the PU. I have left some water battles in the fence.Anyway don't interact with the fence?

 

[MadMax]

4 hours ago, BrianC14 said:

FIFY-

Needed to be bigger... and BLUE.

@Jimurray, are you saying you don't clean up after yourself??? Tsk tsk!

I'm with @Mudisfun on this one... many, many of us hang water bottles / coolers on the backstop, often with the faces of fans just scant a few feet from it. We don't get blessed with personal attendants bringing us water, cooling towels, etc. between innings, nor retrieving our accessories for us after the game. And while you shouldn't engage the fans through the fence, you can at least be civil / cordial and nod an acknowledgement or politely say "Good day" when they say, "Good game, Blue" or "Thanks Mister Umpire" or "Good job ref!"...

... although on that last one, I'd probably be tempted to ask if they just watched a volleyball game.