A large and enthusiastic crowd had just watched a spectacular baseball game Monday night at Sac City College when the celebration was spoiled by an act of bad sportsmanship as absurd as I have witnessed in quite a while.

When you follow high school sports every night, you expect to occasionally see fired up kids acting out, but what you do not expect is to see the bad acts from the so-called adults.

Kudos to Matt Fielding and his Rocklin High baseball teammates for winning their third section baseball title in four years. The southpaw was dominant once again, allowing as many hits (two) as he banged out himself in leading his team to a 4-2 win over rival Granite Bay.

It was a great display of baseball by the Thunder and earned them the well-deserved honor of piling on each other in the center of the diamond.

Unfortunately, one Rocklin parent decided that, despite his not having thrown a pitch or swung a bat or fielded a ball, this was all about HIM. He stole the spotlight from the team he supported as he raced onto the infield to taunt the Granite Bay team and its crowd.

A man, who as an adult should know better, decided to inflame an already charged atmosphere, by running along the first base line in front of the Grizzly dugout with his Rocklin hat high overhead as he filmed the crowd's reaction with the other hand.

He taunted the crowd and team as he ran the full width of the dugout and student section, until Granite Bay coach Pat Esposito chased him from the field. That barely stopped him as he turned his camera on Esposito instead.

The event ruined what should have been a celebration. Thank goodness it did not escalate into something bigger.

We wonder where the kids get it, but I guess when the parents feel the urge to act out, what can we expect?

The field at Sac City is somewhat open out of play on both sides, and they usually do a decent job of keeping non-participants up in the stands and not down at field level. On Monday night there were far too many people down there, and the result was an incident I hope will not be repeated any time soon.

To their credit, Rocklin administrators were apologetic for the parent's behavior, but I find it sad that they were required to do that.

Note to that parent, whoever you are, the field is a place for players and coaches. You had your day in high school and now it is their turn. It is not about YOU.