[Ranger]

Actually I felt that the original posters on this topic Peter Booth and BJ Moose made some interesting points about how an umpire manages a game and the role of ejections. Warren Willson seemed to want them to eject whenever a coach or player objected.

My position is that even at the MLB level, objections and arguments are not always punished with ejections. Therefore, in baseball, just like life, all offenses don't carry the same punishment.

I never said that anyone should make up rules as they go. It is not the practice of MLB umpires to punish as though all offenses are equal. If a coach is chirping at me or any other umpire it usually is negative. I never said or suggested I wanted to hear any words, kind or otherwise, from coaches. Some may even choose to embrace the memory of Atilla closer that Solomon.

It seems that Solomon wasn't the interpreter for a big enough league to have value. Perhaps he should write another book. (Big Grin)

Here is an idea: If you don't use common sense when enforcing the rules, you'll do a poor job. To call baseball, or any sport, exactly by the book is to call a "perfect game," which causes trouble every time.