No joy in Mudville

Larry King, an elderly Little League manager, made a scene at out of his son's game recently. I know a little about this, as a former longtime manager and author of the book Joy in Mudville: A Little League Memoir (which was optioned by Tom Hanks for movie, that has not, obviously been made, or I would be retired in Taos or some such). Here is part of the New York Observer's report: "CNN fixture Larry King’s 9-year-old son Chance Armstrong King plays Beverly Hills Little League. King père is the coach of Chance’s team. On Monday, March 10, during a heated game, the suspendered talk show host apparently got into a confrontation with one of the league’s umpires. '[Mr. King] was making a fool out of himself as a manager on the field, talking in the middle of the field in the middle of plays,' reported a source close to the action. According to this source, Mr. King was told by the umpire in question to 'regroup' and calm himself, and he did not respond well to this. Rather, the informant said, he continued arguing and was then relegated to the bleachers, where he continued to make noise, and was finally forced to watch the game from the outfield’s periphery." But the Observer adds that another eyewitness "contradicted this account somewhat," saying King had not actually been banished.