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Old Tue Oct 06, 2009, 07:05pm
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
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Originally Posted by TussAgee11 View Post
Steve, c'mon. Its auto EJ at any amateur level. You allow that crap, even if you missed it, they see that and feed off it. Next time a close one happens that you got right and they give it to you, and now you're gonna toss? To them, you are never right. So anytime they say something that should get them run, it should get them run. Why make it more complicated. There is a way to give more rope, this isn't one of them.

Squash them like f****** bugs.
Really? Throw someone out from the dugout for merely saying "That's bullsh*t" in the adult league I work in and every game will be a forfeit because you will have ejected everyone, and pretty soon you will be sitting home instead of umpiring. The coach didn't say, "You're bullsh*t." He said "That's." Big difference. You don't eject for saying the word "bullshi*t," because it's not offensive, it's merely juvenile. In kiddie ball, yes. With shaving age players, no.

I've done this job quite adequately for nearly a quarter of a century, and would never dream of kicking an adult player out for merely saying those words in an impersonal manner. Get personal, on the other hand....well, you know.
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