RavBytes: Parents, Please Don't Be This Guy

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Parents who get all crazy at their kids' sports games really ticks me off. Shouldn't it be about having fun when they're too young to even know what defense means yet? Yelling and cheering enthusiastically is one thing, but when parents start screaming at their kids or the refs of a their 5-year-old's soccer game, I want to yell at them to shut their traps. (Phew!)

Clearly, someone needs to have a little chat with Hanover Park's Michael Beck about what is appropriate adult behavior at a youth softball game. For the rest of you, know that threatening a youth umpire and spitting on a deputy sheriff might land you in jail for five days like it did Michael.

The raging father has been charged with felony aggravated battery and faced up to 7 years in prison, but has now accepted a plea agreement with a lesser sentence and apologized to Judge Peter Dockery. I still think he needs a time-out though.