So, today, I almost got into the first fight of my basketball playing "career".
There's an older (50-ish) guy, who I think was a high school coach, that is about 5-10, 160, and is really a fantastic player for his age. The only problem is he is a loaf-coach. He never plays defense, but yells over anyone else's missed defensive assignment. He also has this remarkable knee injury that only effects him on the defensive end.
Anyway, I'm about 6-2, 210 or so, and got a o-reb, pretty much by myself under the basket. I he hustles in to grab my arm, and then another guy comes in and starts hacking. I'm generally of the belief that non-shooting fouls shouldn't be called unless they cause a turnover, so I just kind of wait for them to stop hacking - they don't, so I try to pull away, saying something like, "seriously, guys." and apparently catch Miracle Knee with an elbow in the process. He's all, "Call the f*cking foul instead of calling elbows next time, or I'll take you out!". I, of course, literally LOL @ this idea, and he says, "I'm f*cking serious! I'll knock your ass to the ground." Since I'm very non-confrontational in real life, am a grown up, and play w/ this guy 3 times a week, I just say, "whatever, let's play."
After the game, I apologize, and we shake hands.
Now I'm worried I wasn't macho enough.