I don't believe my league.....

[wobster]

As anyone knows who has been watching the thread Advice on chirping, I ejected my first fan after 8 years of umpiring saturday. I thought it to be a good ejection, as did some other umpires and people around baseball told me, and a few here told me not to worry about it, just to keep practicing my ejections - throw more people out.

I just talked to my league president, I am the vice president, and he chewed my butt for throwing the guy out! He said "there is always going to be some complaints about your calls, umpiring is a thankless job." I explained the situation to him, he said I should have not ejected him, just told the coach to take care of him. I quote "I realize you are the new sherriff, with the new badge, and I know you got the power, but this is an instructional league, and we want to set a good example." What kind of example is a parent who is raising hell and disrupting the game?

Apparently, my BU, who is also on the board, decided it was a bad ejection and that he needed to tell on me.

It shouldn't matter if it was a good ejection or not, he should back me no matter what I decide, as I am the head umpire, and a board member.

Next year, obviously, I am not going to umpire for this league if I have a choice.

[Edited by wobster on Jun 22nd, 2004 at 10:16 AM]