[wobster]

Apparently, even though I handled it wrong, my ejection had the desired effect and then some. I worked another game tonight for the team who I had a problem with, and they were VERY polite. I didn't have more than 1 or 2 comments the whole game from that side of the fence. Also, the fan I tossed and his buddy came up to me before the game and apologized and said it would never happen again, and that he was out of line.

The Manager for that team also told me that I should have thrown his son out (the 15 year old first base coach) because the manager has been trying to instill a healthy respect for umpires into him. Oh well.

I handled this situation wrong, but I did learn something (a lot, actually) and I got the desired result. All's well that ends well.