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Originally Posted by waltjp
In this situation the umps should have cut it off as soon as they became aware of what was happening. I had a similar situation in a Babe Ruth game a couple of years ago.
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Now this is not my fight to begin with and I'm certainly not going to get into an arguement with a manager who has already been removed from the game, so I repied in a voice loud enough for some of the parents standing nearby to hear, "Coach, the only call I'm about to make is a forfeit in favor of the other team. It's up to you."
With that I turned and walked away. When I looked back he was gone.
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And that is exactly how it should have been.
Eject the first manager. Period. He absolutely knows (and you can surely tell him) that he is required to be out of sight out of sound (ABSOLUTELY NO MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH HIS TEAM.)
Player leaving the dug out... eject him too. Especially if you think he is cavorting with the already ejected coach... or back behind the fence checking your strike zone. His place is in the dugout - not in the stands. whether he is talking to his Momma or his father the coach. In the dugout - ONLY.
The second "ASSistant" coach is discussing with the already ejected coach - EJECT HIM TOO! This is a no brainer.
These are rules that need to be enforced - even in 12 and under games.
Your job is not to try to protect the coaches or keep a violating team in the game. These are the rules, Coach. You violate them and you are ejected. You continue to violate and your team will forfeit. This is not a rule you should bend in the favor of the violating coach.