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Originally posted by greymule
Preventing a brawl and punishing bat-throwers probably was the impetus. But should the umpire should be calling outs for USC? I would think they're disciplinary matters for the league.
What if another member of the offense commits the USC? What do you do if BR hits a home run with a runner on 3B, and the 3B coach kicks F5 in the butt as BR rounds 3B? To me, you eject the coach and report the incident. You don't call BR out and send the runner back.
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Then where is the deterent? Here is a scenario similar to one raised by Walt Sparks last summer.
Tied score, bottom the 7th, 2 outs with the bases juiced. Teams have been jawing at each other most the game. B6 gets a base hit and everyone moves up a base, but as the BR rounds 1B, he cold-cocks F3 and a fight ensues. Under the rules in place, all the umpire can do is eject that player. However, what difference does that make? Games over and the offending team won. BTW, to whom are you going to report the player and what do you expect them to do with that information?
Apparently, the NUS felt the need to have a means to deter such an incident.
Personally, I don't like the idea of ruling a player out without a specific play, but that is not my call.