was it at Expressway... a "Hollywood" moment....lmao
It was at Pasttime.....a "Hollywood" moment! You nailed it Lester! Hollywood it was.....
Two outs, runners on 1st and 2nd. Hollywood in the field. Our SS fields a ground ball and the runner from 2nd runs into her while our SS is about to throw to 1st. Our SS gets knocked off balance and can't make the throw. Hollywood calls everyone safe.
I come out of the dugout and explain to him that it was runner interference so the runner should be out. He tells me that the runner did not run into her while fielding the ball, she ran into her while in the act of throwing and that was okay. I laugh, shake my head and turn to the home plate ump. He says he's sticking with Hollywood's call.
Then I get a bit heated. I tell Hollywood how he's just created a new game called extreme fastpitch because every time the other team has the ball in the baseline I'm going to have my kids plow them over. He then proceeds to call me out for wanting to play dirty. I explain to him that it's not dirty if it's legal, then the home plate ump tells me he's had enough of me and I better get into the dugout. I say, "no problem, it's on now!"
When my girls got into the dugout after the half inning was over they asked me if I wanted them to really run over the fielders of the other team. I tell them of course not, I was just trying to make a point. A female coach for the other team obviously did not like what I said because after the game when shaking hands she squeezed my hand hard while staring into my eyes with a stern look on her face...lol. All I could do was laugh. I talked to Marty after the game, explained what happened, and all he could do was roll his eyes and shake his head.
I haven't seen Hollywood since......
Len