[QUOTE=wadeintothem;596533]You kill it and tell them to chill out and you play ball. You dont need a listed reason to kill the ball. If you need to kill it, you kill it. Thats why they give you a really cool looking blue shirt. For judgment. If you dont think you have the proper judgment for when you kill a ball and not lose the integrity of the all precious live ball
.. hang it up. I dont need a rule or an article or a supplement to know this is a kill ball situation.
I'm killing it and a warning and telling them lets play ball - no one on this planet would ever question that in real life. Hopefully doing so would have prevented the ejections - but maybe not. For all you know this girl stole the other girls boyfriend. Who knows the REAL back story of that aside from the girls.. but the only place killing it in this situation would EVER get questioned is on officialforum.com.
You are not a spectator hoping for a cat fat (not that all those are bad
, you are an umpire of a youth sport. But even in adult ball - I would kill it. This stuff can get out of hand quick. As happened here.
Well put Wade....you nailed it. I don't have all the rule sets in front of me...but don't they all under their rule chapter titled
Umpires contain language that reads something like.....[B][I]
each umpire has the authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules.?
I'm killing it.