ROLE MODELS: Torching an opponent’s jersey may...

ROLE MODELS: Torching an opponent’s jersey may be a new tactic in local Little League (A1), but there have been worse. . . . In 1977, a Santa Ana manager and two friends waylaid an umpire three days after a disputed call and beat him badly enough to hospitalize him. . . . In 1986, a 16-year-old umpire with a broken arm told police he was attacked during a game in Huntington Beach by a player’s father. . . . That same year, a Los Angeles police detective managing a team was cited for misdemeanor assault for allegedly decking an umpire.