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Originally posted by NSump
Gang:
I am doing a little research for an upcoming article. You may have seen a preview of the debate "Big finger v. calm dismissal"
Without getting into my article too much, here is my very pointed view of this.
When it gets to the point that you need to toss a guy, don't be shy. Use the BIG FINGER and make sure everyone knows he is gone.
Doing so sends two messages.
1. YOU are in charge. Not the butthead who you just tossed.
2. More importantly, it sends the message to everyone else that certain behaviors will lead to the same fate.
Thoughts? Comments? When would a "calm ejection" be worthwhile (I can't remember ever doing it, so help me here!)
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I hope that I'm doing this correctly, I like this question. I have a young son who likes to be, well, a young monster. There are times when I have to yell and times I have to gently urge him to stop. The same applies on the field. WhatWuzThatBlue said that the situation dictates the response and I agree. I don't eject more than a couple a season but they earn them. I used both methods this year. The quiet way, as you put it, was the result of a coach saying that he was irritated by a few calls I made in the field that game. He wouldn't leave but wasn't swearing or making a spectacle of himself. I gave the the ultimatum that I was going to tell his pitcher to get ready and if he was on the field after that he could just head to the bus. He refused to move so I told him that he was ejected, wrote it on my gamecard and announced it to the other team. He walked away mumbling about never seeing anything like us. But- he walked away and kept going all the way to the bus. His assistant later told me that he had been ejected six times that year.