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Originally Posted by constable
I've always been told if you are ejecting someone you need to sell it like you would any other tough call,without showing off and being antagonizing.
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I disagree. I had one ejection during the HS season just concluding, and it was for MC during a play at the plate. Big kid barrels over the skinny F2 who did not have the ball, obvious OBS/MC call. (The runner hit him in the chest so hard he flew up off his feet and landed 3 feet behind the plate; his AD told me the next day that the kid plays football but hasn't hit anyone that hard on the gridiron!)
The D coach came out to attend to his player and didn't say a word to me. The O coach was standing expectantly at his dugout. I paused long enough to replay the scene and remember that MC supersedes OBS. Then walked over and calmly told the O coach, "he's gotta go." He asked about OBS, and I "reminded" him that to get that call, his player still has to slide or go around F2.
Point is: everyone expected the EJ, and no good purpose would have been served by giving a giant "heave ho" signal.
That F2 came out to play the rest of the game, too!