Controlling a game

[tiger49]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

What factors do you use.

1. if there is bad blood between rival teams do you stress sportsmanship at the Plate Conference?

2. What do you do in the second game of a double Dip in which there were problems in game number 1.

3. Do you have a quicker "trigger finger" than normal if you hear trash talking chaterring back and forth, etc.?

4. if F1 throws a high pitch around the head area will you warn right there or simply EJ F1 so a riot doesn't break out.

I could go on and on but my question how do you control a game?

Pete Booth

1- Depending on what happend and when I may address the issue. If the problems happend less than a week before I would just say I hope they got everything out of their system the last time. If it has been a couple of weeks I would let it go.

2- I may ask the teams if they would like to take a longer than 20 minute break between games to cool off. During this time I will make sure my crew discusses this at length, as well how to handle it.

3- If it is just trash-talking going back and forth I would wait until one team says something before addressing it with both managers. If it is very one sided or directed at a particular player I will nip it in the butt quickly.

4- Depends bad blood between both teams or batter even thinks about starting towards the mound. I would probably do something right away. If not I would wait and let the opposition have their chance as well.