Parents brawl over a 13-year-old umpire's call at Little League game

[herdfan06]

Parents brawl over a 13-year-old umpire's call at Little League game. Police say they're 'disgusted'

(CNN)Police are calling on parents to "grow up" after a fight broke out at a Little League baseball game near Denver, Colorado.

Parents and coaches were unhappy with a call made by the 13-year-old umpire during Saturday's game, according to the Lakewood Police Department. They then stormed the field and began punching each other as the 7-year-old players looked on.
"We were disgusted, quite frankly," Lakewood Police spokesman John Romero told HLN on Wednesday. "Baseball and 7-year-old kids, it's the parents that need to grow up here. That's the saddest part."

The police department said several people have already been cited for disorderly conduct. Multiple injuries have been reported and one person had a serious bodily injury, according to police.
Officers are still seeking any available information about the fight. They are asking for help identifying one man seen wearing a white shirt and teal shorts in the video.
The police want the video out there to let people "know that something like this is not okay," Romero said.
Romero said that this person could face assault charges for punching another man. He added that some of the people in the video could also be facing child abuse charges for putting their children in danger.
In the video, you can see children running off when the fight breaks out. Romero said he can only imagine what's going through the kids' heads.
"These are parents and coaches, people they're supposed to look up to," Romero told HLN. "People that are supposed to be mentors, and this type of thing happens."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/us/parents-brawl-little-league-baseball-trnd/index.html

 

[herdfan429]

I guess they didn’t let marines son in the team after all

 

[Dreh_Nagi_HC_IM]

I guess they didn’t let marines son in the team after all

that, or all of them failed to start multiple threads on Pullman, seeking "what should I do" advice from Rifle

 

[GK4Herd]

As a little league coach for years, there’s nothing that surprises me. Travel ball was a whole different level.

 

[GK4Herd]

I remember a game that ended with the coach being escorted off the field by police because she thought an infield fly call was home cooking. She threw an absolute fit. I can still remember her yelling, “That’s no fair,” repeatedly as she was escorted off the premises. I could write a book.

Travel ball brought about a different set of issues. The parents were generally educated about the rules, but they had no concept of team. Every decision was scrutinized by how it pertained to their child personally. The money they had invested as well as the ability to take their kid to any team gave them a sense of empowerment. For example, my team was playing in a tournament in Lexington one weekend, and advanced to the semifinals. We were tied in bottom of the last inning, and the team we were playing advanced a runner to third with one out. We’re way behind the eight ball. So I do what most coaches would do in that situation. I pull the infield and outfield up, and walk the bases full. An infield grounder gets the out at home for two outs. I back up the field and we end the inning with a fly out to deep center. We win in extra innings. That put us in the championship and we win. I’m ecstatic. On my drive home I get a call from the pitcher’s dad questioning me why I would intentionally walk the bases full. It didn’t look good on his daughter’s stats. Lol.

 

[extragreen]

Ah yes, the good old days. When I had a mother attempt to hit me while her son was crying and begging her to stop.

When I was denied a job at a local manufacturer because their child didn't start.

When parents attempted to make the league re-draft because my team beat them 26-5 the first time we played. (I knew we were going to win the league after the first 4 draft rounds.)

When the president of our senior league baseball (13-15 year olds) met me in the parking lot to tell me I should relinquish the team before our first game that day since my team wasn't learning anything. Two hours later we shut him up with a 7-1 win using my 14 year old pitcher.

When I was told my job was to locate and obtain uniforms from the previous season's team.

The list of absurdities is near endless.

 

[mlblack16.]

Ah yes, the good old days. When I had a mother attempt to hit me while her son was crying and begging her to stop.

When I was denied a job at a local manufacturer because their child didn't start.

When parents attempted to make the league re-draft because my team beat them 26-5 the first time we played. (I knew we were going to win the league after the first 4 draft rounds.)

When the president of our senior league baseball (13-15 year olds) met me in the parking lot to tell me I should relinquish the team before our first game that day since my team wasn't learning anything. Two hours later we shut him up with a 7-1 win using my 14 year old pitcher.

When I was told my job was to locate and obtain uniforms from the previous season's team.

The list of absurdities is near endless.

So, you were an asshole back then too? Big surprise.

 

[extragreen]

So, you were an asshole back then too? Big surprise.

Nope, just dealing with idiots then as I'm dealing with them now on this board.

 

[GK4Herd]

Ah yes, the good old days. When I had a mother attempt to hit me while her son was crying and begging her to stop.

When I was denied a job at a local manufacturer because their child didn't start.

When parents attempted to make the league re-draft because my team beat them 26-5 the first time we played. (I knew we were going to win the league after the first 4 draft rounds.)

When the president of our senior league baseball (13-15 year olds) met me in the parking lot to tell me I should relinquish the team before our first game that day since my team wasn't learning anything. Two hours later we shut him up with a 7-1 win using my 14 year old pitcher.

When I was told my job was to locate and obtain uniforms from the previous season's team.

The list of absurdities is near endless.

I had a similar experience. I drafted nearly all nine year olds for our major team (9-12 age group) one year. We took our lumps (although we pulled a winning record the first year). I wanted to take a young team and develop them. I had four kids on my travel team playing little league for me. We practiced year round. By the time we were 12 years old we were very good. I remember a Saturday morning in February we stopped at Fat Patty’s for lunch after an 8am two hour practice in an indoor facility I rented for practice. I had four or five kids and their parents with me. When I walked in I ran into the leagues other coach in that age group and he pulled me aside. He proceeded to tell me that he was arranging a redraft because it was unfair that my team was so stacked. Here this guy is...the last time he had been on a ball field was the last game from the prior season...saying it was unfair that my players were better. My kids had literally gave up a Saturday morning and spent countless hours making themselves better while his team was home eating cereal and watching cartoons on Nickelodeon. And he wanted to redraft because my team was better. I took it to the board and they agreed after the heard the whole story. No redraft.

 

[extragreen]

I drafted nearly all nine year olds for our major team (9-12 age group) one year. We took our lumps (although we pulled a winning record the first year).

That's a feat.

 

[GK4Herd]

That's a feat.

Smart scheduling. Plus Little League isn’t known for many Casey Stengel type coaches.

 

[19MU88]

So, you were an asshole back then too? Big surprise.

I think that part is genetic, much like his stupidity. But he did harken back to a time before he was a member of a cult.

 

[extragreen]

Smart scheduling. Plus Little League isn’t known for many Casey Stengel type coaches.

Doesn't matter. It's still a feat. I did the same thing as you in my first year as head coach in Little League, I drafted for the future and took my lumps the first year. We went 5-7 but beat the #2 team once and lost by 1 run to the #1 team with a 10 year old pitcher. Knew I was on the right track. I don't remember the exact record the next year, I think it was 7-5, but my regular season team played in a tournament with teams from Cabell and perhaps Lincoln County. We won the first 3 games before losing in a single elimination. The third year we won the league with an 12-2 record. I started 5 12 year olds and 4 10 year olds as I lost my best 2 11 year old players due to one moving and one to a career ending injury. That team wanted to win as much as I've seen any team want to win.

 

[extragreen]

I think that part is genetic, much like his stupidity. But he did harken back to a time before he was a member of a cult.

 

[ohio herd]

Nothing new. I witnessed this at league 8 in Huntington as a kid around 1970. At least 12 men went at it over a bad call

 

[GreenDuke]

Nothing new. I witnessed this at league 8 in Huntington as a kid around 1970. At least 12 men went at it over a bad call

That would have happened in that neighborhood with no baseball game.

 

[ohio herd]

That would have happened in that neighborhood with no baseball game.

true I didn't think you wanted to hear about the other fights I witnessed.... LOL

 

[countryroads89]

So, you were an asshole back then too? Big surprise.