There's something about little league baseball that just constantly brings out the worst in adults.

There's a 52-year-old guy named Michael Walters from Pine Lake Park, New Jersey, and he's the manager of a traveling little league team for kids 10 and under.  (There's no word on whether he has a kid on the team.)

Well . . . last Wednesday, the other coaches figured out he'd STOLEN about $6,500 from the team's fundraisers.  They called the cops, who got in touch with Michael and told him he'd be arrested the next day.

So on Thursday morning, Michael went to a bank . . . and ROBBED IT to get enough money to pay back the team.

Michael deposited it in the team account . . . but the cops quickly connected the dots, and they matched the car from the bank robbery to Michael.

He was arrested for theft for the little league embezzling . . . and robbery for the bank. 

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(Here's his mugshot.)