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Originally posted by LMan
since we're kicking....
On the way to the dugout he angrily pulled off his helmet and tossed in into the fencing. I warned him and his coach that if so much as looked cross-eyed the rest of the game I would eject him.
Was that too lenient? Should I have tossed him sooner? Am I a total jerk for hijacking this post? 
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I think I would have told him on the spot that was a strike. I'd of let it go there. When the kid threw the helmet, he leaves the field. Nobody, absolutely nobody throws a helmet on the field or in the dugout. They are never the ones that get hurt from that act. It's always someone else who gets hurt. I've lost a few players over the years for doing that. I don't get loud, or vocal, just tell the coach that he/she'll need a substitute when they come back on defense. Not once have I had a coach complain about it. They usually are in agreement with the ejection. I've seen coaches later on in the year after this and they tell me that player had never thrown a helmet again, someone shold have done that before.
Which begs the question, why hasn't the coach pulled her before or talked to her before about it?