That umpire has issues. You don't warn at the plate conference, that is just looking for trouble. How does the umpire know what the player was indicating if he was looking at his coach and didn't say anything? Sure one can infer, but seriously, if it just happens once, even at the HS level, for me that is not something that is going to be addressed the very first time. More then once, sure...
For an umpire to run a freakin' 10 year old for THAT, call me crazy, but that is just being a little too much of a red a$$ for my taste. At that age, they are still learning and a short simple explanation as to why that may not be really appropriate while cleaning the plate would likely do the trick.
IMHO, your mileage may vary...
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Originally Posted by coach2535
10U USSSA tournament game. During pregame conference PU has warned both sides against argueing, etc and has established himself as a stern, untolerable PU. We are playing with 9 players, no subs available.
Game is going smoothly in the 3rd inning when we are up to bat. Our hitter takes a strike and in disbelief of the call looks at the 3rd base coach, raises his hands to his sides, and telepathically tells the coach the pitch stunk. Not something we teach, but I would agree it's not respectful. The PU calls time and screams to the batter "you are ejected from this game". The batter retreats to the dugout, and out comes the head coach. PU tells coach that "it's the second time he has done it", and "it is a poor reflection of your coaching". Coach emphatically denies he teachs that, and asks why a warning was not issued. PU states he did the same thing during his last at bat. Coach grabs the scorebook and says "here look at it, he struck out swinging on 3 pitches last time up". PU now confers with BU and to my amazement- unejects the player.
My questions are: Should a reasonable PU warn the player or coach in this sitch?
Can a player, once tossed, be allowed back in the game.
Is this protestable by the other team.
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