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Originally posted by Dave Hensley
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Blaine: This is what you've never understood: I agree with what you just wrote. Whenever I say that an ejection generally follows a screw up by an umpire, I always except non-professional coaches. Summer ball? Everyone's read my motto: Eject early and often, and you'll solve a lot of your problems.
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One of your writers, wobster, appears to have overlooked that rather significant caveat in a recent article, when he said:
"I heard it said (and I believe it) that nine out of ten times, when a coach gets ejected, it is the umpire's fault."
... and failed to include the "summer ball" exception. I think he later allowed that he "heard it said" by you, at one of your clinics. Unfortunately, his misunderstanding of the complete lesson caused him some grief on the boards, and cost him some credibility with some of his readers.
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Once again, I take responsibility. The clinic was for umpires of USSSA 18u to 9u. All coaches in those leagues are volunteer, as they are where Chad umpires.
The entire context of the discussion of game control was: How does the umpire keep volunteer coaches off his back.
So when I read Chad saying that 90% of ejections result from umpire error, I simply extrapolated what I'd said onto it. I should have corrected it, which would have required but one word:
"I heard it said (and I believe it) that nine out of ten times, when a
[professional] coach gets ejected, it is the umpire's fault."
Thanks.