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Old Wed Aug 05, 2009, 11:40am
jwwashburn jwwashburn is offline
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Originally Posted by tcarilli View Post
Is it OK to mock an umpire as long as the player does it in the dugout? At 1:09 to 1:13 on the video one can see what Blake did to get tossed; he yelled at Gibson and mocked his punch-out mechanic. So, if a player openly mocks you (essentially to your face since it appears that he made sure Gibson was looking at him) as long as only his dugout, the other dugout, and the fans facing the dugout can see it; you let it go?
My point was is that if you are going to toss him, toss him while he is on the field.