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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Semantics, but how can you eject a player for unsportsmanlike conduct if the player didn't do something that was flagrant?
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I don't know... maybe I haven't truely embraced this interp, but I have more-or-less convinced myself that the case play was intended to address flagrant and dangerous behavior (even though it clearly did not say "dangerous") such as throwing a bat in anger (the specific case play) or "taking out" an opposing player. I hadn't considered standing at the plate and jawing with the umpire to be in the same category. Guess that just shows how isolated a life JO umpires lead.
