[jkumpire]

Pat,

Your assigner is wrong, wrong, wrong.

If you thow a bat unintentionally/acccidentally, it is a team warning with ejection the next time it happens. Note that coaches know the difference or the rule here at all.

If you throw a bat intentionally, he is ejected, period.

This is in Rule 3 of the Fed book, but my books are not with me. FED has rules coverage for this situation, and I feel for you with your partner not doing his job.

I see someone quoted the rule ahead of me, and this is one place where FED has done a good job with the rules. IN HS baseball this needs to be an ejection.

I won't repeat everyone else's points here, but now might be the time for you to put this thing to bed, and learn from it. Gamemanagement is an art and science, and takes some time to learn. At least you have the guts to expose youself on a tough situation and get some heat for it. You show you got what it takes to become a good umpire.

Go get 'em.