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Originally posted by JRutledge
I will remember that in my next basketball game or football game as well. Because I find it interesting that baseball umpires tend to be the most inflexible of all the sports I do. You guys come up with customs and rituals like you are in a cult. And get upset when folks handle things differently than you.
So you eject any coach, not matter what when they ask you about a pitch? No matter what tone they come to you? Not matter what words they use? Why is that different than drawing a line in the sand?
Peace [/B]
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First, I have worked basketball and hockey and softball, so I too have worked many sports.
The DIFFERENCE is that in basketball you have a technical foul, in hockey an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, soccer has the yellow card. You have many different tools to use.
Also, coaches are not ALLOWED on the field/ice.
But, these sports have felonies too. A coach throws a water bottle on the ice - done. A coach throws a basketball on the court - done.
As far as the coach barking from the dugout, I deal with it. The difference is that often what is said is not heard by many in the stands. If the remark is loud and he is cursing, he may have a shower coming quickly.
So, generally speaking, I deal with verbal remarks differently than I do visual ones. When someone is showing everyone what an a** I am, he is done. If someone is yelling loud enough for everyone to hear, he is done. If he is yelling and it is between me an him, he often stays, unless he gets personal, which is another "felony" He can tell me to my face that the call was horsesh*t, but as soon as he says that *I* am horsesh*t, then he is done.
BTW, do you keep the guy in the game who tells you that "you are horsesh*t" and only you hear him?
Blaine