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Originally Posted by MrUmpire
Yes it is. And an unnecessary and dishonest one.
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That is your opinion and not FACT.
Also, from your post you do not get IT
The FYC or 'sedning a message" is a tool used
ONCE/ TWICE per year TOPS.
It's PRIMARY use is to keep a player in the game who under normal circumstances would be ejected because of his behavior / antics. In baseball as I previously mentioned in another response unlike other sports we do not have the luxory of issuing a 15 yard penalty and automatic first down at our disposal for unsportsmanlike acts.
Also, as another poster noted the players have to know what IT is and the times I have used IT the players definitely knew what IT was.
I had players after the game apologize for their behavior but more importantly thanked me for keeping them in the game and avoiding an automatic one game suspension for the next game.
Like I said it's a tool that obviously you and some others are uncomfortable using which is fine but to then say
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The FYC is unnecessary and dishonest
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is absurd and strictly opinionated.
Pete Booth