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MLB Network analyst mp Mitch Williams was ejected Saturday from a baseball game for 10-year-olds after a profanity-laced tirade in which he called an umpire a "motherfucker" in front of the children, observers tell us.
Williams coaches his son's 10U Jersey Wild team, which was participating in a Ripken Baseball tournament in Aberdeen, Md. We've confirmed through several sources that Mitch Williams mp who was once tossed from his daughter's youth basketball game for cussing at the ref had complained about numerous calls throughout the game, ranging from balls and strikes to a close play at the plate that ended a Jersey Wild rally. This led to repeated mp arguments mp with umpires on the field.
One umpire finally confronted Williams after the former mp MLB pitcher shouted something to a parent in the stands about getting that umpire fired. The confrontation sparked a face-to-face argument that, one parent mp told us, was "just like the major leagues." Two different observers told us Williams had to be physically separated from the umpire by other coaches. Williams then refused to leave the field, causing mp a 10-minute delay in play; as a result of his antics, he was initially banned from the tournament.
It started in the 1st inn, the ump yelled at the opposing coach,then yelled at me.i asked why r u yelling at me I haven't even met u yet.
We've attempted to access the video of the incident, but the game in question is curiously unavailable from the service providing feeds from the rest of the tournament. An individual familiar with the situation informs us that after hearing Williams's mp explanation, Ripken Baseball officials lifted the ban saying the umpire failed to act professionally. But according to our witnesses, the umpire's "unprofessional" behavior came well after Mitch Williams had been ejected and refused to leave. (Ripken Baseball "monitored" Williams mp closely during his team's two games today. Jersey Wild did not win the tournament.)
He has been arguing balls and strikes and was upset about a play at the plate where his team was called out. In the top of the 5th while he was coaching first base he yelled to another parent that he would have the umpire fired. The Umpire confronted him and Mitch went off. He threatened the umpire called him a motherfucker in front of 10 year olds. They were faced to face inches from each other arguing. He had to be restrained by other coaches. The umpire rightfully kicked him out.
It was such a train wreck. He was arguing with calls and making comments mp to both of the umpires all game. He was coaching first base as the game was going on, and the second mp base umpire threw him out. He "said" he was making a comment to one of the parents mp in the stands, when the second base umpire tossed him. He was making comments the whole game about the bad calls, and the 2nd base ump just had enough.
The game was delayed for about 10 minutes as they needed to call in an official from Ripken until he finally was removed. It was crazy. mp Never saw a player get ejected from a game and not leave. This is all going on while 10 year olds are playing baseball, or trying to play baseball.
Ironically, the audio at the beginning of the game is from Cal Ripken which talks about how parents should let the players play, the coaches coach, and the umpires umpire. mp (IE - parents, don't act like idiots). Mitch was the idiot. mp
I was very upset with the decision [to lift the ban] because Williams was confrontational all game, and it was clear to everyone there that whatever the ump said that was inappropriate mp came after he was already tossed and refused to leave the field, and the ump was reacting to Williams, mp not the other way around.
There's nothing worse than the Bad Sports Parent , and Williams has a bit of a history playing this role. In 2008, he was tossed mp from his then-10-year-old daughter's youth-league basketball game for dropping f-bombs on a referee. "I'm emotional when it comes to my kids," he explained later. "What I saw happening was completely unfair."