Good one, The BearMay! ;D
Actually, the rhubarb was over some very simple base awards on balls thrown out of play.
First play: Ball was thrown out of play following a walk. Coach seemed to think that the ball was dead following a walk, so no bases could be awarded on this throw. Wrong!
That's strike one, coach....
The next play involved a runner going to first on an infield batted ball. Throw to first went out of play before batter reached first. The correct base award was second (batter had not reached first at the time of the throw- that's two bases).
Coach thought that I had awarded one base and thought his runner should be on third. After all, the runners got two bases on that other play, after a walk, he says.
That's strike two, Coach...
The final play was on a pitch that bounced out of play. I awarded his base runners one base.
Coach wants to know why his runners only got one base, when the other team got two when a ball went out of play. Ummm, Coach? Do you understand the difference between a THROWN ball and a PITCHED ball going out of play?
Coach...That's strike three!
These were all very simple base awards, yet in each case the coach was sure that I had it wrong (I didn't). I'm sure that he left the field convinced that the sorry umpire "didn't know the rules" and had "cost his team the game".
Which, if my suspicions are correct, might be the same case as with the original post in this thread.