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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Let's see....
It was stated that the coach and girl were acquainted through travel ball, so I would suppose that offering his condolences were not out of line. His timing may have been, but we really don't know what his intentions were. For as much as we know, the girl could have seen a friend of her parents in the stands and had the same breakdown as this is a fragile time for anyone who suffers a tragic loss, especially that of a child's parents.
If the coach wanted to leave, that's his prerogative, but I wouldn't eject or even suggest such action. I simply would have suspended the game until the pitcher's coach was able to get his team's emotions collected and ready to resume the game.
As for the AD, site administrator or not, he had no need to be on the field and I would have dumped him if the coach could not get him to leave. If the AD persisted, the game is over and I would let the adminstrative authority determine where to go from that point.
A nice letter to the sanctioning body would be sent the NEXT day with a CC to the NFHS, the school board, every umpire I knew and maybe a clean blind CC to the media.
But, then again, isn't this the same organization which allowed a basketball delinquent masquerading as a prep HS star play a big TV game after contacting an official?
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Yes, Mike - same organization. This will be interesting to see what comes out of it all. Huntington is actually the visitors in this scenario! I did indeed write up a special report for the WVSSAC today. I have to send them one for any incident like this. It also goes to the principal of the offending school. In a very rare occurance, I sent the same report to two different schools.
As for the coach's intentions - you are right. We really can't know what they were. We can surmise . . . and may get it wrong. This morning, I talked to a college coach who was at the game and he felt, due to the timing (he hadn't said anything to her for 7 previous innings) that he did it with a specific purpose in mind. Of course everyone from Riverside thought that - and I have difficulty disagreeing with that logic. I still go back to the fact that I didn't hear a thing - therefore, I cannot eject him for something I didn't hear him say.
I heard today that this girl has already signed with NC State to pitch next year. She was easily throwing in the mid 60's last night - mayber harder after they pi$$ed her off!