I was coaching my elite 10U team today with 2 on and 1 out in the 7th when the batter popped up and the ump called infield fly rule. The infielder dropped the ball and our runner scored from third to win the game.
That's when I noticed some weird fan was watching and laughing at the game ending play. I thought he might be a opposing coach, perhaps trying to steal our signs for our next game so I had a hot mom surreptitiously approach him to discover his business. I was already on the phone with "9-1- " dialed. He had no daughter on either team and looked quite disheveled and out of place. He said his 16 year old daughter was D1P5 bound playing for the traveling Palos Penguins. This weird fan said runners couldn't advance after the ump called Infield Fly Batter Out! My assistant pulled up his rulebook and was ready to show him the rule but he seemed disinterested, almost in distant thought.
Some people are strange. He said he was going to post the play to Twitter?! We asked him to leave. He left laughing all the way out.
Re: Weird Fans
Posted by @10U Coach on May 8, 2024, 10:27 am, in reply to "Weird Fans"
Ummm. weirder coaching staff.
Re: Weird Fans
Posted by @10U Coach on April 29, 2024, 12:48 pm, in reply to "Weird Fans"
I think you're trying to be sarcastically funny, but this comes off a little strange, too.