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I kinda agree with Pete.
In that you don't have to eject a player in order to get a message across.
However, I don't believe you should intentionally call balls strikes. That's cheating in my mind.
If I was put into this situation, I would have immediately called time out and approached the batter. I would then explain to him that there has never been a perfectly played baseball game. And considering this, nobody should expect an umpire to CALL a perfect game. Moreso, I am the umpire and he is the player. The bottom line is . . . if he doesn't show me up, I won't show him up. Either accept my calls and play the game or face option number two: ejection.
I've done this on several different occassions and to say it worked would be an understatement. The players (13,14,15 yr olds) not only accepted how I handled the situation but they actually became fond of me as an umpire.
I dunno know fellas. I'm not as experienced as the majority of you, but this one works for me. It settles the conflict and allows the player to remain in the game.
Of course if more of these incidents would occurr from the same player or team . . . an ejection would definitely be in order.
But in my opinion . . . this approach gains some respect from the players. And if you can gain their respect, you usually have it pretty easy.
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