High School Ball... The biggest blow up you've ever seen???

[larrybowman]

Well I figured I'd throw this one out there even though it's been discussed before....

In my opinion I've noticed over the few years of watching my DD play HS ball that the kids are never an issue. But boy have I seen some parents that need to be locked away until the season ends!
As far as that goes theres been some coaches that need to step back as well. Personally I used to be one of those parents that was probably a little too loud and obnoxious. but that was back in the 12U days. Ive learned (or been told by my DD) that just sitting cheering and watching her play the game she loves should be enough.
So what I'm wanting to know is what is the biggest blow up you have ever seen by a parent or coach that was laughable or jaw dropping? If you'd like to leave names out i understand, but if you prefer not to lets have some fun with this.

I'll start it off.... I've actually seen two "grown" men fist fight.... yes literally throw punches at each other over a call they disagreed on... Sorta looked like two teddy bears fighting over a cookie? The DD's of the dads were so embarrassed, I felt bad for the girls. Both for the way their Dads acted and the way they fought! hehe...This was way back in the day before my DD even played ball. BTW both Dads were ejected of course, and there DD's rode home with friends, refusing to ride with there own fathers! Cant blame them.... How far will some folks go?

 

[TheSoftballZone]

Never seen a big blow up, but I seen a parent ask a Coach if he Read the newspaper right after a player hit her 7 home run in less then 5 days

 

[HITTER23]

One of the biggest woman ive ever saw get so enraged that she was throwing herself against the backstop jarring the whole thing yelling at a umpire, needless to say he was scared $hatless.

a coach went "Lou Pinella" and sent his clipboard 30 ft in the air and proceeded to dump a trash can on the field.....at a middle school game.

 

[okiedad1961]

Was at a away game against a conference rival and was looking for a better vantage point to watch,was at left field fence for a while and started back towards the visitors dugout when my dd hit a shot to the fence to get it close,of course I cheered and was told to get my a__ over to the visitors side now,remember I was heading that way anyway,but I preceded to tell him I think I'll stay right here for now.His wife and kids were a bit shocked I had stood up to him.This community has a history of those types,glad we left the conference.lol

 

[poden-smoden]

Haven't really seen a real big blow up but I have seen an outfield with 5 dads sitting in backs of trucks to keep away from the coach to avoid a big blow up!!

Can we list blow ups we have just envisioned in our head or does it have to be seen??? LOL!

 

[MD 20/20]

I'll start it off.... I've actually seen two "grown" men fist fight.... yes literally throw punches at each other over a call they disagreed on... Sorta looked like two teddy bears fighting over a cookie? The DD's of the dads were so embarrassed, I felt bad for the girls. Both for the way their Dads acted and the way they fought! hehe...This was way back in the day before my DD even played ball. BTW both Dads were ejected of course, and there DD's rode home with friends, refusing to ride with there own fathers! Cant blame them.... How far will some folks go?

Saw this in 10U rec ball. Funniest thing was they were coaching together for the same team.

 

[WalkOffHR]

It was 1987. I was a junior in HS and our baseball team was having a nightmare season. Some hippies (remember hippies?) strolled out in the outfield and started throwing frisbee in the middle of the game purposely just to be annoying. Finally some of our dads chased them off the field. In their ultimate act of defiance (we were the home team!) they went behind the backstop and started heckling our players. Our centerfielders dad, a railroad worker, had enough and walked up to them a socked both of them. I can still hear the THWACK of those punches. That was all we needed to see and our bench cleared BEHIND the fence leaving the other team in the field staring in disbelief. Before long the cops showed up and arrested the 2 hippies, who probably never even threw a single punch. The game resumed as if nothing even happened. I can't imagine what was going through the minds of the other team except that they must have been thinking if that is what they do to their own, what will they do to us if we get mouthy?

Oh well...it was the 80's. Reagan was the President. America was proud. We were still allowed to throw chin music. And if you picked a fight and lost YOU ended up in jail.

Oh and the girls who played softball? They were tough as nails. They always had to play on the crappy field that was filled with stones and hard as cement...in shorts!

 

[KillingMeSmalls]

Haven't really seen a real big blow up but I have seen an outfield with 5 dads sitting in backs of trucks to keep away from the coach to avoid a big blow up!!

Can we list blow ups we have just envisioned in our head or does it have to be seen??? LOL!

....or it was because of red solo cups

 

[HITTER23]

It was 1987. I was a junior in HS and our baseball team was having a nightmare season. Some hippies (remember hippies?) strolled out in the outfield and started throwing frisbee in the middle of the game purposely just to be annoying. Finally some of our dads chased them off the field. In their ultimate act of defiance (we were the home team!) they went behind the backstop and started heckling our players. Our centerfielders dad, a railroad worker, had enough and walked up to them a socked both of them. I can still hear the THWACK of those punches. That was all we needed to see and our bench cleared BEHIND the fence leaving the other team in the field staring in disbelief. Before long the cops showed up and arrested the 2 hippies, who probably never even threw a single punch. The game resumed as if nothing even happened. I can't imagine what was going through the minds of the other team except that they must have been thinking if that is what they do to their own, what will they do to us if we get mouthy?

Oh well...it was the 80's. Reagan was the President. America was proud. We were still allowed to throw chin music. And if you picked a fight and lost YOU ended up in jail.

Oh and the girls who played softball? They were tough as nails. They always had to play on the crappy field that was filled with stones and hard as cement...in shorts!

Winner ! //thread

 

[fpitchdad]

a coach went "Lou Pinella" and sent his clipboard 30 ft in the air and proceeded to dump a trash can on the field.....at a middle school game.

Ding Ding Ding......BouldersDad.

 

[BouldersDad]

Lol not me brother I stopped tossing clipboards in 1996

 

[Captain_Thunder]

It was 1987. I was a junior in HS and our baseball team was having a nightmare season. Some hippies (remember hippies?) strolled out in the outfield and started throwing frisbee in the middle of the game purposely just to be annoying. Finally some of our dads chased them off the field. In their ultimate act of defiance (we were the home team!) they went behind the backstop and started heckling our players. Our centerfielders dad, a railroad worker, had enough and walked up to them a socked both of them. I can still hear the THWACK of those punches. That was all we needed to see and our bench cleared BEHIND the fence leaving the other team in the field staring in disbelief. Before long the cops showed up and arrested the 2 hippies, who probably never even threw a single punch. The game resumed as if nothing even happened. I can't imagine what was going through the minds of the other team except that they must have been thinking if that is what they do to their own, what will they do to us if we get mouthy?

Oh well...it was the 80's. Reagan was the President. America was proud. We were still allowed to throw chin music. And if you picked a fight and lost YOU ended up in jail.

Oh and the girls who played softball? They were tough as nails. They always had to play on the crappy field that was filled with stones and hard as cement...in shorts!

LOL.....I remember Hippies.......but I didn't know they were still around in 1987!

 

[jpkeating]

About 5 years ago, I observed a fight between 3 dad's at a 10u championship game. I'm not going to mention any team names because both org's are well know. I'll call them team A and team B.
Team B was beating team A bad in the championship game. When a parent from team A who was sitting behind the outfield fence, yelled at the top of his lungs that the players on team B were nothing but white trash.
Needless to say a couple of dad's from team B to exception to this. They then proceeded to the outfield where the offender was sitting and proceeded to dump a trash can full of garbage over his head. As you could imagine the fist were flying after that happened.

 

[HITTER23]

10u's....

 

[yossarian]

thwack

--- yes! ---

 

[FastBat]

Oh and the girls who played softball? They were tough as nails. They always had to play on the crappy field that was filled with stones and hard as cement...in shorts!

Oh, the good old days! You didn't go to my HS, because if you did, you would have wanted to play on our manicured softball field!

 

[brownsfan]

About 5 years ago, I observed a fight between 3 dad's at a 10u championship game. I'm not going to mention any team names because both org's are well know. I'll call them team A and team B.
Team B was beating team A bad in the championship game. When a parent from team A who was sitting behind the outfield fence, yelled at the top of his lungs that the players on team B were nothing but white trash.
Needless to say a couple of dad's from team B to exception to this. They then proceeded to the outfield where the offender was sitting and proceeded to dump a trash can full of garbage over his head. As you could imagine the fist were flying after that happened.

When were there 10U's playing in HS like the thread subject line suggests, or do you live in a state that allows this? If in Ohio, please stick to subject.

 

[cobb_of_fury]

LOL.....I remember Hippies.......but I didn't know they were still around in 1987!

What you saw was probably not Hippies. By 1987 most hippies were, for the most part happy well adjusted working middle class parents. In the Late 80's you were more likely to have witnessed Burn-outs or perhaps Freaks

HIPPIES - 1965 ~ 1971 Burn-Outs 1972 to Present

Hippies / Burn-Out
It's easy to confuse the two -

 

[poden-smoden]

....or it was because of red solo cups

I am positive with that group that if there were red solo cups that fireworks would have surely happened by the 4th inning!

The ambulance parked there might have had a visitor!!

 

[crystlemc]

My sophomore year of HS, we were playing against Woodridge (I went to Garrettsvile), and my best friend was our catcher. Nicest girl, would do anything for anybody, but if you made her angry...watch out! Even the guys in our school were terrified of her. Well, our boy's baseball team had just run ruled theirs, so their boys came over to watch us finish beating their girls. A couple of their baseball players thought it would be fun to sit behind the backstop and heckle our catcher. They said some pretty rude things to her. Well, after the game, she walked up to them and put her arm around the shoulders of the one with the loudest mouth and asked him, "Hey, how ya doin? Having fun?" He laughed and said he was having a great time. She then said "Good", and proceeded to turn that friendly arm around the shoulders into a headlock and pulled his face down right as she threw a meaty left right into the middle of his face. Hit him so hard, he stumbled around for about 2 minutes trying to get his bearings while his entire team and the softball team laughed at him. Oh, we were laughing, too...lol.

I know that isn't quite what you were looking for, but it's the only good HS story I have. Nothing good happens at my DD's HS games. And I do mean nothing.