Taking your partner's ejection

[BigGref]

Yesterday I had a Double header (HS age), 2nd game crazieness ensues ending with my partner (BU in C position) calling a 3rd out at 3rd (a close call tag, but looked good from my vantage at home).
After my partner called it he stood up and started walking back to A for the next inning. As he is doing this I see the recently thrown out player get up and start taking strong steps toward the umpire while his back is turned, before I can say or do anything the 3rd base coach runs to get between the player and the BU and kindly deflects him to the dugout.
My question is should I have informed the BU about this? I say this because apparently the whole next half inning the player (who was the 1st baseman) was jawing at the Ump. I come up to him after the 1/2 inning and he says the player had been jawin' the whole time and anything else he would of dumped him, I then mention the half charge that he did while BU back was turned, he then said he would have probably thrown him out if he knew about that.

So do you tell Him? if so when? Ejection?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by BigGref

Yesterday I had a Double header (HS age), 2nd game crazieness ensues ending with my partner (BU in C position) calling a 3rd out at 3rd (a close call tag, but looked good from my vantage at home).
After my partner called it he stood up and started walking back to A for the next inning. As he is doing this I see the recently thrown out player get up and start taking strong steps toward the umpire while his back is turned, before I can say or do anything the 3rd base coach runs to get between the player and the BU and kindly deflects him to the dugout.
My question is should I have informed the BU about this? I say this because apparently the whole next half inning the player (who was the 1st baseman) was jawing at the Ump. I come up to him after the 1/2 inning and he says the player had been jawin' the whole time and anything else he would of dumped him, I then mention the half charge that he did while BU back was turned, he then said he would have probably thrown him out if he knew about that.

So do you tell Him? if so when? Ejection?

Why didn't you eject him?

[BigGref]

Well the main reason I didn't eject him, is because I couldn't hear if he cursed at my partner, or if he said anything. It looked bad when he started taking a couple of steps toward my partner, but the coach coraled him before any of us could do anything.

Of course a few years ago the coach may have sat the kid out for at least an inning to cool off, or possibly even the whole game. Nothing at all for this kid, which is kind of sad and a sign of the times.

[socalblue1]

Originally Posted by BigGref

Well the main reason I didn't eject him, is because I couldn't hear if he cursed at my partner, or if he said anything. It looked bad when he started taking a couple of steps toward my partner, but the coach coraled him before any of us could do anything.

Of course a few years ago the coach may have sat the kid out for at least an inning to cool off, or possibly even the whole game. Nothing at all for this kid, which is kind of sad and a sign of the times.

What age group?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by socalblue1

What age group?

He indicated HS age.

[RPatrino]

I had almost the exact same situation, but with a 3b coach. My partner from C calls a runner out at 3b, coach jaws at him awhile. My partner turns to return to A and the coach flips him off and throws his hat.

I give him the heave ho!! I would have done the same thing to the kid in your sitch in a heartbeat. Ever heard of the 'third team' out there?

[SanDiegoSteve]

While I would never take an ejection away from a partner who saw the offense happen, I would never hesitate to dump someone who did something behind my partner's back. See ya!

It reminds me of the fastest game I ever had. While I never got the chance to dump a manager during the pre-game plate conference, I did manage to toss the first batter of the game.

I was working the bases, the kid takes strike three called, PU turns to the right to pull the chain, meanwhile kid flings bat as hard as he can toward his dugout (third base side). He nearly decapitates the on-deck hitter, and the bat hits the fence and rebounds toward the foul line. All this happened while my partner was doing his slo-mo Dutch Rennert style call. He had no idea what happened, as it happened so quickly.

I ran the kid all the way from A, with gusto and flourish.

As it happened, the ejection took his team down to eight players, and cost his team the game by forfeit.

Game time: about 1 minute 30 seconds.

[ozzy6900]

You say the player "half charged" but it seems to have been enough for the coach to "corral" the player. These are HS kids as you said and they have no right to charge (half or full) anyone! Never mind the excuses, you should have dumped the player!