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Originally posted by mick
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JR,
Could the action be adjudged by perceived intent?
Could it be incitement, while performing such an act while looking at opponent's bench/fans as opposed to looking at floor, own fans/bench?
[/B][/QUOTE]Mick, I think that it's strictly a judgement call by the official, and that each situation you run into is probably different,and should be judged in the context in which it occured in that particular game.I agree that,if you think that the player is focusing his actions to the other team's bench or fans, a T is probably appropriate. I didn't think that that was the case in the play that Bart described, though. That one seemed to me just a case of an excitable ballplayer trying to get his own fans going. Jmo, but I want to be 100% sure when I call a T that that T was warranted. Any doubt in my mind, I try to keep away from them. Might whisper to the player to chill a l'il bit, though, if I think that he's coming close.