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I don't do baseball, but as a softball umpire, I have to agree with the posters. There are things much more important than a coach staying away from the field after being ejected. One of them is when the health and safety of his/her players is at stake. I would not have any issue with the coach coming out for a situation in which a player is seriously injured and needs to be removed via ambulance.
One thing to remember is that at levels less than professional, it is not uncommon for the coach to have all the contact information for parents on his/her person. If he/she is ejected and a player is injured, who is going to be the contact person between the situation and the parents (if they are not there). The coach needs to be able to contact the parents and provide them information, which requires them to be on the scene of what is going on.
Now, with all of that said, after the injured player is removed from the field, the coach needs to leave the area and not do any coaching. If the coach starts coaching after the player is removed we have an issue. Personally, if there is an assistant coach present and a player is that injured, the ejected head coach may be better suited to travel with the student to medical attention, in the absence of the parents.
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