Redefining "Bush League" by beaning an umpire

As someone who has played baseball all my life, this is just sick and unheard of. I can tell you that in nearly every single baseball game played -- from little league to MLB, there is at least one team that thinks they are getting screwed over by the umpire...if not both teams. But I have never seen this before.

A high school battery (pitcher and catcher) organizes a beaning of the ump in this Georgia state championship game where the pitching team was down 9-1 early and pissed at the umpire. In the previous half-inning, the pitcher's brother, who had been drafted #15 by the Dodgers in the draft, had thrown his helmet down in disgust after being called out on strikes.

Then this:



Rick Reilly gives further details on the players and situation here.