In Other Places They May Beat Up A Parent Or Two; In Queens We Bypass All That

You could call it criminal, but really, there’s no shame in simply defending your team:

Anthony Macchirole, a coach for the Midville Dodgers, is charged with assaulting a teenaged player on a team the Middle Village squad was competing against at Juniper Valley Park.

According to a source close to the case against him, Macchirole had gotten involved in an altercation with teen Robert Inzerillo, an opposing team’s base runner, during a July 12th home game at Juniper Park at about 8:10PM.

According the Queens District Attorney’s Office, Inzerillo apparently collided with Midville’s catcher on a play in which it appeared he was going to be tagged out. In retaliation, Macchirole threw him to the ground, causing him to injure his knee.

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. . . [A]nother coach for the Midville Dodgers, who asked not to be identified by name, claimed what happened at the July 12th game did not constitute any big deal. “There was a collision at home plate,” he said. “There was no ‘incident.'”