[bkbjones]

Let's see...the ol' ejection list...this is for the Seattle area only.

1. My very first school ball game as part of the Seattle association. Girl gets backward K for third out. Coach is walking from 3B coaching box to the dugout. Stops in the circle and say loud enough for all in the park to hear, "That call was f'n ridiculous." He gets to go warm up the bus.

And of course next thing I hear from a couple peers, "Why did you run a coach in a JV game? blah blah blah..." After I explained, everything was ok.

2. another girl gets a backward K for third out. she turns and asks, "Are you f'n kidding me." I don't say a word to her, but catcher tells her to swing the bat next time. Intercept coach on the way across the field and ask her if she has a replacement for #5. She says yes and asks why. I tell her why, tell her 5 is ejected, she gives me the sub. Nextinning coach comes out laughing. "I asked her if she cursed the umpire," coach says. "She tells me no. I asked her what she told you, and she tells me verbatim what you told me. I told her, 'That word is a curse word.' She gives me this dumb, vacant stare."

3. A wonderful obstruction call on an errant throw at third. Coach comes out, "You're a bullspit umpire and that was a bullspit call." Coach has to miss the rest of a great game, her team came back, game went snowman, and coach missed the whole thing.

IMHO, I probably haven't extended the invitation to enough people to leave the premises, and I think that's true for many others. Sometimes we (me included)are far too tolerant. I think I have good game management skills, and so do many others, but game management CAN include ejections (and disqualifications in NFHS). Just because you jack someone when they have earned it doesn't make one a bad umpire.