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Funniest aftermath
First off the ejection....
Working a PONY level (13-14) tournament late in the game, a player chops at a ball and dribbles it a few feet in front of the plate.....I saw no contact with the batter and signal fair ball......Batter stands in the box and never runs.....Catcher easily fields the ball and throws to first ....Partner rings up the out...
Batter looks at me blinking.....never moved, says the ball hit the plate.........yes...it did....and its a fair ball...a small older "assistant coach" storms out on the field now saying that the ball hit the batter in the box...Needless to say, he goes ape and gets ejected....
now the funny part....
2 weeks later I am in the umpire dressing room at the 2003 PONY World Series changing in between games when the umpire attendant and a number of PONY zone reps come in grinning at me.....all of them want to meet the guy who ejected a PONY Field Director.....
Stan
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