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Originally Posted by Jim Porter
I thought the following might make for some interesting discussion. It's an old incident report from an umpire in the association where I was once vice president. The names have been redacted to protect the innocent -- or guilty. What do y'all think?
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I agree with TEE no thesis on ejection reports.
Most posters seem to be commenting on the use of 9.01(c) I am assuming that this game was played in Massechusets where FED rules are not used otherwise the FED equivalent of 9.01(c) would have been referenced.
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After the ejection, he refused to leave the facility. He continued hollering and carrying on as he slowly gathered his things. Once he left the field, he made his way to the scorer’s booth. While I held up the game waiting for him to leave the facility, he continued to yell. He made his way back into the dugout, and in front of his whole team, he congratulated his catcher for having done his part to hurt me, and told the catcher to keep up the good work.
Once the game was over, I hadn’t yet even reached my car when Mr. ******** pulled up to me in the parking lot driving his red truck. As my back was turned trying to ignore him, he started in on me once more out of his driver’s window. I told him he had no business approaching me in the parking lot, and I repeatedly asked him to drive away. But he continued his arguments.
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Most HS coaches are teachers. Therefore, my question would be
Would you as a parent want this individual teaching your kid?
Even if you think that the actions of the umpire were inappropriate for using 9.01(c) how about a teacher who first and foremost should be buliding character in his/her students is acting this way.
Why follow the umpire to the car and "keep going"
IMO, suspensions for HS Coaches (teachers) should be stiffer. One way to "cool down" these HS Coaches is to have "tenure" involved meaning if a HS Coach acts ballistic perhaps the way to really "hurt" them is in the pocketbook meaning use the tenure card as a means to keep them in line.
Jim what was the final result of this umpires report and did the coach serve any suspension?
Pete Booth