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Originally Posted by lawump
In little league you might be right...but high school and college you "know" when a manager/head coach is only out there to discuss things with you. How do you know?
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Please don't imply that I work LL. No offense to the LL'ers, but I'm not one of them.
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(2) He makes contact with you as he heads out to the mound (maybe even shaking his head), or he just stares you down. OR as he goes out to the mounds he doesn't just stroll out to the mound like normal...but rather MARCHES very purposefully to the mound (as in he wants to get there very quickly...so he can get to talking to you very quickly).
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How would I know what he's doing. I'm ignoring him, doing my job.
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He gets out to the mound and doesn't even talk to the pitcher/players but for a second. Rather, he's spending more time looking down at his shoe as he kicks around the dirt around the pitcher's plate. The head coach has his back to you, but a middle infielder (who is at the mound) is looking over the manager's shoulder at you. (A very, very strong indicator that the middle infielder waiting to tell his manager, "here he (the umpire) comes."
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Again, how would I know.
All that said ... yes, I DO know when it's likely he's only going out there to get tossed. But there's nothing wrong with giving him 15-20 to cool down, and it might save an ejection. And it is certainly possible that if you decide to walk out there and meet him, he could simply begin issuing instruction to his pitcher to make you look the fool (and you WOULD look the fool). To me - walking out there like you suggest is simply baiting the manager.