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Originally posted by His High Holiness
FYI, the state did not uphold my ejection for cheating, so no fine, which is required, was issued. They wanted me to issue a warning and dugout arrest first.
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Peter
I know you've written about this before & I have wanted to ask: is this actually a VHSL proceedure [review/appeal of an EJ], and if so, is it published anywhere?
In my part of the state, (public)HS ejections, esp. for coaches are rare, but mostly because the coaches have an incentive [the fine] to know where the line is and to stay on the warm, dry side of that line.
At the Rules meeting this spring I did take note of a plaintive "reminder" that bench arrest is available and we don't HAVE to EJ the coach; but I have never heard anything about the proceedure you describe [tell 'em exactly what they are doing wrong, warn 'em, bench arrest, EJ only after the foregoing]; nor have I ever experienced or heard of an EJ being appealed or the fine remitted 'cause an ump went to G'Bye w/o passing Go [to the bench and stay there]. Last I heard/ read from the Book, bench arrest was Umpire Option, not a prerequisite to dumping the rats.
Just curious if this is actually set down in writing by the state, or is a unwritten "folkway" that I have so far managed to avoid smelling, or (sigh) something that only happens w/ your group [which would be sad for what is probably the largest and most respected Assn. in the Commonwealth].
--Carter