Not surprising to see the same behavior north of the border. This is somewhat distressing because these blowhard fans are abusing and taking advantage of the kids reluctance to stand up to their elders in these situations, defaulting to the "respect your elders" mode and that's good. Whatever the punishments is for ejections or Code of Conduct violations when they engage with an adult umpire ought to be doubled or tripled in these cases. JMO
from cbcsports.com
http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/baseball/baseball-s-teen-umpires-grow-up-quickly-or-strike-out-1.3147372
A smoking heckler
"I asked him if he could stop, and he said, 'I'll do what I want' and then he moved his chair to behind me," she says.
"He was smoking and it was going to the kids' faces. I was very close to asking him to leave because he was really bothering the kids."While teens like Ryan and Marisa stick it out, many tire of the catcalls, insults and taunting, and they quit.
Developing a thick skin comes with experience, says Alain Fournier, past president of Little Britain Baseball north of Oshawa, Ont.
"It's hard for some (kids) to say 'Excuse me, m'am, can you keep it down?' or 'Coach, I'm right,'" Fournier says.
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