Rob Warren
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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But worse, behind them are 75 grown-ups who are also losing their minds.
About a third of them are yelling at the umpire.
And about a third of them are yelling at the coaches.
And all of them are yelling back and forth at each other.
And there's people standing.
And so my instinct is...
try to help this poor 14-year-old umpire.
So I come out of the dugout and before I can even get halfway to home plate, the coach runs over and gets in my face and asks me what the fuck my problem is.
And so, screw the umpire, he's on his own.
And so, I turn around and I gather my children up.
I gather my kids and I take them all out to left field, way out in left field by the fence.
And this is where the wonders happen.
I get out there with my kids, and Tommy's the quiet kid who never talks.
He says something once a day, and everybody listens.
He's the quiet leader, right?
And Tommy says, those guys are assholes.