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Originally posted by jumpmaster
would you have ejected F1 for throwing at BR or would you have issued a warning or would you have just let it go?
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Okay, I think I can guess what happened (as I said, I didn't see the game). Let me say this, in 20 years of umpiring levels from NCAA and down, I've only been sure a handful of times that there was intent on a pitcher. The offense will scream for it, but I've got to be really convinced. Maybe I'm still old time where the batter has to expect an inside pitch for making the pitcher wait or when he is hanging over the plate. If the batter is doing "everything right" and he's not hanging over the plate and F1 delivers a "high & tight one", I've been known to go out and dust the plate and give the pitcher a good stare when I'm done. Twice, the pitch came in H&T again so I ejected F1 on general principle. But after all this babbling, I must stress that the umpire must be very sure that there's something wrong before he accuses F1 of anything.