Fri May 21, 2004, 12:19pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Re: Okay I'll rephrase it then!
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Originally posted by David B
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
Originally posted by warriordad
I'm sick of hearing that umpires cannot eject fans. It's a semantics argument, like saying that the play at first base isn't a force out or that players cannot call time out, they can only request time.
You can most certainly eject spectators. You go to game management and say, "If (spectator) isn't removed, we aren't continuing the game." When game management removes the spectator, who really did the ejecting? The umpire -- the one who pressed the issue.
It's as bad as home management that won't cancel a game with bad weather and unplayable conditions and forces you do do it after receiving the lineup cards to make you look like the bad guy.
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Well a better phrase might be
"Good umpires don't eject fan/spectators."
I've seen umpires make a big deal out of fans etc., but its usually because the umpire either is horrible and deserves the fans wrath, or he just doesn't have the experience to block out the masses.
The only time a fan should be delt with would be a safety issue. In most all of our leagues there is an administrator that you can call on during any game to remove a fan (say that threatened a coach/player/ or umpire)
When I first started umpiring (l oo oooo ng time ago) one of my mentors had a saying
"they paid their doller, let em holler."
I've always remembered that. I've been in some dicey situations with fans involved etc, but I've never considered even the remote possibility of removing the fans.
Their ignoranace of the rules keeps me going, and laughing. Even in the midst of a big stressful game, laughing at the fans comments is a great relief.
Life goes on in spite of baseball.
Thanks
David
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I completely agree. I've only ever had one fan removed in 15+ years and he was threatening us loudly during play (it was a basketball game).
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