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Flagrant?
OK, is this flagrant misconduct?
ASA Women's SP. Low level league, generally this is a fun night as we all get along well - and it's easy money. Except for one player-coach that I have had difficulty with in several games.
She has harped about judgment calls, and got on me hard about silly rule interpretations. She tagged a runner one night that had over-ran 1B and turned left before returning to the base. "Call her out Blue - she turned the wrong way! After losing that argument she sent her 6'5" nephew assistant coach out between innings to "teach me some rules!"
On the game in question we had two "discussions about rules interpretation." I was wrong on one, she was out in left field on the other and she left the field with some very negative comments about my rules knowledge.
I kept having to hold up the game to get members of her team to pick up bats left near the on-deck circle. Again I am holding up the game; this time she is the on-deck batter and she refuses to pick up the bat. "Why," she asks. "Is that in the rules?" "Yes, it is my rules; now get the bat off the field." She refused and I called delay of game and a strike on the batter.
Batter ran over to take care of the bat and had a few words with the coach. Needless to say, by time the coach stepped up to bat she was hot. Naturally she takes a called strike. Jumps out of the batters box and starts arguing. I let her go for about 15 seconds, then ordered her back into the batters box. By this time I am listening closely, just looking for a reason to toss her. Out of her mouth comes an obscenity and I had what I wanted. Called time and ejected her.
Flagrant?
WMB
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