How much did they lose by?
Methuen was winning 3-1 when assistant coach Domingo Infante instructed the pitcher in Spanish to try to pick off a runner at second base. After the unsuccessful attempt, the umpire called time-out and spoke with the local tournament director. The unidentified umpire then decreed that only English could be spoken.
"All I could hear was, 'We cannot allow this,'" Mosher said. "At this point I was baffled why we could only speak English."
Mosher said he challenged the ruling, but kept his team on the field after the tournament director said it would stand.
An angry Infante then left the field, which Mosher said demoralized his pitcher and catcher, who speak little English. Methuen lost the game 10-6, though the team remains alive in the tournament.