I haven't read a Little League rule book in a few years so I'm not super current, but this happened in the All-Star tournament two nights ago.
To protect identities we'll call team A the Bulldogs and Team B the Tigers. They are playing at a neutral site (no home cooking going on.) The site has 2 fields and the District Manager/Tournament Director is not at this field.
The Bulldogs have 3 rostered coaches on their Affidavit, but for some reason only two are in the dug-out (maybe due to the numbers of players on the roster.)
Fourth inning & the Bulldogs are winning and the Ump makes a call and the Coach B slams his clipboard on the fence. Field ump comes over and gives him a warning and the HP Ump tosses him. (There is not a secondary incident after the warning. The PU just decided a warning wasn't strong enough, I guess.)
The head coach questions why his assistant got tossed after the other ump only gave a warning. The HP Umps points to the SS says loud enough for the fans, players, and the opposing dugout to hear, "If that kid didn't miss that grounder none of this would have happened." The head coach now loses his shirt, and yells at the ump for singling out & embarrassing an 8 year old kid, and the HP Ump tosses him.
Now, the Bulldogs have zero coaches in the dug out. The HP Ump allows the rostered coach who is not in the dug out & an un-rostered coach to finish coaching the game which the Bulldogs hold on and win.
At some point the situation got reviewed by the District Manager who contacted LL Regional in Indianapolis. The HP umpire, denies saying anything about the SS not fielding the ball & takes no responsibility for escalating the events.
Indy rules that what happened was incorrect. The Tigers SHOULD (and that should will be important later) have protested, and the game should have been suspended and ruled a forfeit, and a win for the Tigers (according to the District Manager).
The DM tells Bulldogs that the game was protested & Indy has ruled it a forfeit, & they are both suspended for the next game, but that the other rostered coach can coach. The Bulldogs sign off on the ruling and move to the losers bracket.
When the Bulldogs arrive at the complex the next night they talk with Tigers coach only to find that the Tigers did not protest the game.
Both team's coaches, HP Ump, and DM all meet again to clarify. The DM admits that the Tigers did not protest, but he is still going to uphold the forfeit. The HP Ump still denies that he had said anything about the SS, but the Tiger's coaches tell the DA that they heard him say it, and that's what caused the Bulldogs head coach to become enraged. The HP Ump then admits he lied and that he did point to the SS and say it was his fault.
That's where the story ends as of now. Anyone have any thoughts on how this played out or should have.
To protect identities we'll call team A the Bulldogs and Team B the Tigers. They are playing at a neutral site (no home cooking going on.) The site has 2 fields and the District Manager/Tournament Director is not at this field.
The Bulldogs have 3 rostered coaches on their Affidavit, but for some reason only two are in the dug-out (maybe due to the numbers of players on the roster.)
Fourth inning & the Bulldogs are winning and the Ump makes a call and the Coach B slams his clipboard on the fence. Field ump comes over and gives him a warning and the HP Ump tosses him. (There is not a secondary incident after the warning. The PU just decided a warning wasn't strong enough, I guess.)
The head coach questions why his assistant got tossed after the other ump only gave a warning. The HP Umps points to the SS says loud enough for the fans, players, and the opposing dugout to hear, "If that kid didn't miss that grounder none of this would have happened." The head coach now loses his shirt, and yells at the ump for singling out & embarrassing an 8 year old kid, and the HP Ump tosses him.
Now, the Bulldogs have zero coaches in the dug out. The HP Ump allows the rostered coach who is not in the dug out & an un-rostered coach to finish coaching the game which the Bulldogs hold on and win.
At some point the situation got reviewed by the District Manager who contacted LL Regional in Indianapolis. The HP umpire, denies saying anything about the SS not fielding the ball & takes no responsibility for escalating the events.
Indy rules that what happened was incorrect. The Tigers SHOULD (and that should will be important later) have protested, and the game should have been suspended and ruled a forfeit, and a win for the Tigers (according to the District Manager).
The DM tells Bulldogs that the game was protested & Indy has ruled it a forfeit, & they are both suspended for the next game, but that the other rostered coach can coach. The Bulldogs sign off on the ruling and move to the losers bracket.
When the Bulldogs arrive at the complex the next night they talk with Tigers coach only to find that the Tigers did not protest the game.
Both team's coaches, HP Ump, and DM all meet again to clarify. The DM admits that the Tigers did not protest, but he is still going to uphold the forfeit. The HP Ump still denies that he had said anything about the SS, but the Tiger's coaches tell the DA that they heard him say it, and that's what caused the Bulldogs head coach to become enraged. The HP Ump then admits he lied and that he did point to the SS and say it was his fault.
That's where the story ends as of now. Anyone have any thoughts on how this played out or should have.