My wife is pregnant with our first kid, and I used to look forward to him/her playing sports. I learned a lot and still have fond memories of youth soccer, football and basketball. Now, though, I don't know if I want him/her involved in this crap at all. The parents are inexcusable of course, but a KID shoved an umpire? I can't even comprehend what would have happened to me if I had done that as a 15 year old, because it is not even something that I would have thought of as even a remote possibility. I guess the two go hand in hand though. The same redneck moron parents who brawl at a little league game don't teach their kids a damn thing about the spirit of athletic compitition or sportsmanship. They are blinded by greed and desire for a "mealticket" kid. Like I heard someone on the radio say, these parents never seem to think, "hey, my kid has my DNA, they probably ain't going to be major league ball players."