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Holy cow, Pat... 10 minutes?!?!?!
I won't rehash what others have said (WAY too long on the trigger with the coach), but I will say this.
You warned him. What is a warning for? If you cannot follow through on your own warnings, you are carpet, and word WILL get around amongst the coaches. Ignore/Inform, Warn, Eject. Not warn, warn, warn, warn, warn, warn, eject. A coach gets ONE "Coach, that's enough" or "Coach, we're going to play ball now." 2 minutes is ridiculously long for a discussion with a coach - 10 is amazingly unheard of, we should call Guinness.
PS - ok, I will rehash one thing ... if they earned their ejections, they NEED to be written up - now this coach knows he got away with berating you for a full 10 minutes, with no repercussions at all. I REALLY feel sorry for the next umpire.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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