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Originally Posted by umpduck11
So you would eject a coach before the act actually occured ?
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My counter argument
Forget about the locker room meaning you are on the field.
There is play at the plate where-by you call a runner out.
The OM thinks that you blew an OBS call.
As his runner is coming back to the dug-out you hear
"Timmy, since they are not going to call OBS next time take out F2"
Now the act of taking out F2 has not yet occured so you are telling me that we at this point should do nothing?
I see no difference between the 2 situations.
The coach KNOWS that the walls are thin so if he does not want the umpires to hear the conversation there is a way he can do it, however, once we have information IMO we can not just "let it go" at least in the HS and below levels.
PRO ball is altogether different and the point is most likely moot because I do not think the umpire lounge is near the players.
There are many things that we as umpires do before the "act is actually performed"
Pete Booth