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Originally Posted by BEAREF
I worked as PU for an Amateur League (adult game) this afternoon and ejected a player in the top of the 2nd. Here's the situation....
1st pitch.... called strike... batter turns toward me and says "you've got to be joking"
2nd pitch... high and out of the zone... swing and miss... strike two
3rd pitch... high and out of the zone... swing and miss... strike three
As he leaves the batters box he says "f**k you"...ejection time! He said that he was saying it to himself and not directing it at me. I told him that he should have ended it with me and not you and waited until he was out of earshot of me. One of his teammates said "come on blue this isn't a high school game"
I felt confident in the ejection but an curious how some of the other veterans would have dealt with this. Any comments?
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Funny as how I was reading this I thought to myself "I bet he's going to say he was saying it to himself" TOO PREDICTABLE.
Even if he was, and maybe he was, no place for that. He can now learn to treat people with more respect, even if that person is himself.
Anytime somebody refers to themselves in the 2nd person it should be an auto ejection anyway.