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| Oct. 24, 2018 Nancy Allen Men's 55 1438 posts | A Softball Tale Some of you know Coachie. Some of you know him from me. While he was much older than me, none of us expected him to leave us at 65. Today is his 70th birthday, and I have been telling stories about him all day. He left me a love and legacy of softball. So I have so many good stories about him but thought that I would share one that I find fairly amusing. I was umpiring on diamond 2 at Metro. Coachie's young guy team, Upper Deck was supposed to play Miller and Sons on diamond 1. So Johnny G sends them back to play on my field instead. Crushy played for him and had a habit of sliding into 1B. So he does it ahead of the throw. Sean was playing 1B and was pretty mad that he had slid and was pretty vocal about it. So I called for coaches. Coachie and Wheels came running across that field at each other, yelling and cursing at each other. So I ejected them both. You could have heard a pin drop the rest of the game. Sean was Wheels' brother, and we all know who Coachie's wife was. Both teams were pretty much in shock. Coachie went to his office in the park, and Wheels went to the outfield fence to watch. The park manager and the owner came down to watch the rest of the game. It was so quiet. Anyway Wheels never played, but they were short, and he did that night. Of course the game ends with the last out coming from Wheels being ejected, and Upper Deck wins. So I walk to the office. Coachie is fussing that I should have thrown Sean out. I told him if he didn't quit that I would have him suspended. Johnny G is laughing so hard that he is crying. "Honey, I can't suspend him because he has to work the fields tomorrow." So unfortunately we rode in the same car. It was a long quiet car ride home, and I went straight to the couch and fell asleep. So this was the only time that Coachie was ever ejected, and we got a lot of good laughs about it over the years. Really, how many umpires eject their spouses? So for years after that in tournaments, the guys would whisper "Don't screw with her. She ejected her husband, and she loves him." Thanks. The End. |
| Oct. 25, 2018 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | Nancy, thanks for sharing. Sorry for your loss. |
| Oct. 25, 2018 Nancy Allen Men's 55 1438 posts | Bruce, thank you. Oddly enough I was not sad yesterday. I spent the day celebrating his life. He gave me this legacy of softball, and I have met so many wonderful people including you. SSUSA and so many others from softball were there for me when I lost him, and I am actually a very lucky lady because of that support. I try to pass that on to others. A friend of mine passed away at 53 while playing senior softball. I have reached out to his widow to try and help her with sharing his memory. I am grateful that Coachie lived much longer than that. We would have missed some great memories. He is probably playing softball right now. Can you imagine what an awesome roster he has? Butch said that the only reason that he didn't die was because Coachie's roster was full; so he didn't need him right now. Hug your loved ones, and treat every day like it's their last because it might be. |
