[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by Gee

"I ejected my first fan"

Umpires do not have the authority to eject fans unless they are on the field of play. Home team managers, and the constabulary have that right, let's keep it that way. G.

GEE, you are talking semantics. Umpires do Ejecet fans. It goes something like this when you have a Fan who is making it virtually impossible to play the game or is causing a ruckus.

Blue: TIME (takes out the line-up card) and then says: Skip is that your Fan

Skip: Yes he /she is at all of our games

Blue: Either the Fan goes or we stop right here.

Skip: Blue I'll take care of it

Therefore, in essence no matter how you call it, Blue in effect did Eject the Fan. The difference is that we don't specifically tell the Fan to Leave as we would a player, but the bottom line is the Fan is Ejected or we go home for the day.

Therefore, when individuals say Umpires do not eject fans is simply semantics because the bottom line is they either leave (ejected) or we go home.

Pete Booth