Ejections: The adrenaline, the rush, etc.

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My two this year involved a player and an assistant coach.

The former took a belt high fastball on the edge of the plate for strike three, and as he walked away, he drew the traditional line in the dirt to indicate where he thought the pitch was.

The latter involved an assistant coach who was coaching first base. I called a batter out on strikes to end the inning--BTW, the batter didn't say a word--and as I began to walk to my typical between-inning position down the third base line, the first base coach starts running toward me screaming about the pitch. He took a couple steps, and I tossed him. My partner, Mr. Jenkins, BTW, and the head coach, had to restrain him.

It turns out this coach used to be in the minor leagues, and a few of my peers had him there. All of them said the same thing: he was a menace then, getting ejected repeatedly, and is a menace now.