18U played yesterday, got the W with a 6-0 shutout.
Rain threatening all day, finally came in 6th inning. We needed to finish so away we go. And with a 6-0 lead we started to lose a little focus. So let's start in top 7...for perspective we took OSSS and our SS off the field for some defensive subs to get some boys in game. And it's raining pretty good.
SP still on mound, he was doing terrific job. Our catcher is a little out there (in a nice way) and he'a jawing with the umpire a bit. I hear blue tell him "that's enough", which is never enough for our catcher. We have an E7 so the opponent isn't dead yet. Then a line drive to the SS...caught almost doubles off the runner on 1B. At that point I hear the ump getting a little testy with the catcher. So I call a timeout and call everybody to mound, so I can tell catcher to shut his mouth and finish the game. He decides to flip a ball over his shoulder to ump and hit's ump in chest with ball. Which resulted in his ejection. With one out. Nice teamwork. So we scramble, move 2B to catcher; RF to 2B and OSSS has to go out to RF. Next batter of course hits a liner to RF; OSSS made play. We get next guy on F7, so LF redeemed himself (or so I thought).
OK, everybody is cleaning up, blah, blah. I notice LF is off to side and he looks very upset. I talk to him a little telling him no problem, errors happen, etc. I don't know why he was so upset. While I'm speaking to him nicely I notice the catcher's mother standing there. When I'm done with LF, she blurts at me "Is that ref going to do game tomorrow, because if he is
She is going on about refs and I tell her to suit herself. She's walking away and I basically say to myself "holy shit"...then she starts back with "what did you say?" "I didn't say anything, I was talking to myself". She starts in about I heard you say something....I say again "I didn't say anything I was talking to myself"...she says I heard you...so I say "then what did I say?". She's seething. Crazy like. Then tells me I'm not the coach...to which I laugh and say "you're right, go complain to him".
So she goes to other side of dugout...and tells Bob the HC/HLW something. I'll find out what this morning. I'm betting she lied. Anyway, I told Bob he needs to sit the catcher today to send a message. I bet he doesn't have stones to do it.
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