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Originally Posted by umpduck11
You can protest the game without bringing the book onto the field, so yes, I would have ejected him. No need to try to show the umpire up, regardless of whether he is right or wrong.
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I should have clarified. Here in Missouri, when a protest is "filed", the coach is given ten minutes to get out his rule book and show the umpire that he has misapplied the rule. I don't necessarily like this procedure, but this is what we are presented with in Missouri.