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Though the title makes it sound like a smile got the player ejected, the text of the article has the umpire mentioning pitcher's mocking attitude and "raising hands up in the air, an exasperated body language". Even her coach mentions her smirk.
I think we've all been in similar situations - - - both on the field and in seeing newspaper articles where the title is editorially slanted.
The one I regret not ejecting was a pitcher in the circle warming up for an inning who basically flipped me off. She pulled out a worn batting glove, exposed her middle finger through the hole and yelled, "Mom, I need a new glove, this one is torn."
Yeah, sort of funny... but definitely inappropriate. I should have tossed her.
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