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I agree that he was well within his right to declare the game a forfeit. The player was clearly still on the premises and did not obey the ejection order immediately. By rule, forfeit.
My problem is that the umpire did not make any attempt to resolve the situation short of the forfeit. He simply saw an opportunity to go home early (it was the last game of the night), and he took it. IMHO, the better way to go about it would be to go to the coach and say, "coach, your guy has gotta go. Please address it." Something like that. If the guy goes up to the complex supervisor to file a complaint and leaves quietly, I have no problem with that. The rule, IMHO, is to provide umpires leverage when a player refuses to leave, which apparently was not the case Thursday night.
My shock came when I found out that the league decided to do the unthinkable: reverse a forfeit. Both teams agreed to it, and the outcome was still the same. On top of that, it's a church league.
*shrug* What can I say?
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Dave
I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!
Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!
I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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