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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
The one "thing" we do not know is how these umpires are instructed.
I cannot remember anyone getting tossed in the LL Regionals or LLWS and there were some actions that warrented it.
If you remember the Danny Almonte era, there was a player on the Bronx team who hit an HR and taunted the other team all the way around the bases. Even his own coach said he probably should have been EJ'd.
There was a coach many years back who made a mockrey by not allowing one of his players to get the minimum one at bat requirement and took a forfeit. I think it was a coach from Indiana if memory serves and nothing happened.
I could go on and on which leads me to believe that these umpires are SPECIFICALLY instructed not to toss anyone.
As far as the strike zone goes these "guys / gals" can't win. It's either too liberal or too tight.
Pete Booth
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Far too much speculation on how people are instructed. I ejected someone in a World Series (Senior Baseball -- kid drew a line -- it was the third ejection in that tournament in 11 years) and I umpired a regional that had 6 games on ESPN (I worked 3 of those games) and received no such instruction. Trust me when I say that if we would've had an ejectable offense present itself to me, I would not have hesitated to umpire the way I always umpire.
While I've not been at WP as an umpire, I am close friends with 2 guys who have -- they received no such instruction and were not told how to call balls and strikes, either.