Brawl breaks out between coach and umpire at youth baseball game in Rosemead

Brawl breaks out between coach and umpire at youth baseball game in Rosemead

Parents and children were stunned after a violent brawl broke out between an umpire and a coach during a youth baseball game in Rosemead. The fight occurred at Rosemead Park Fields on Aug. 24 as dozens of children and families were watching the tournament. Witnesses said the assistant coach had approached the umpire multiple times, visibly upset about a call in a previous play. When the umpire ejected him from the game, the coach reportedly spat…

America’s True Pastime: Baseball and Umpires refusing to be disrespected by Little League coaches

Youth sports are supposed to be about the kids. Teaching teamwork. Respect umpires. Accountability. Perseverance. Back when we were a proper country, there was another lesson kids were expected to learn: never let anyone spit in your face and call you a bitch without handling it. That’s exactly what went down in Rosemead, California, where a youth baseball game turned into a scene after the coach spat in the umpire’s face, called him “a little f…