Six EJ's

[bossman72]

Arnold,

they all deserved it. that's a shame that behavior was in a 15yo game...

[Shmuelg]

Ohmygawd, what horrible behaviour on the part of the players.

Makes me appreciate the behaviour we have here in Israel on the part of both baseball and softball players.

Shmuel

[greymule]

On the type of ejections you describe, I usually kick them out of the park, too. In fact, in some SP leagues around here, an ejection requires that the offender leave the premises. Did you let these guys hang around?

[Arnold A.]

Originally Posted by greymule

On the type of ejections you describe, I usually kick them out of the park, too. In fact, in some SP leagues around here, an ejection requires that the offender leave the premises. Did you let these guys hang around?

I learned later one player left the park area, while the two coaches and three players stayed behind an equipment shed behind the concessions stand well out of my sightlines.

The game was not going to be completed until I did not see them anymore.

[johnnyg08]

Nice job. Sucks to do...but we have to keep control of the game. Way to have some guts!

[mcrowder]

I would have hated to have been in that situation, but you did everything right. You didn't eject anyone, you merely formalized it when they ejected themselves.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Shmuelg

Ohmygawd, what horrible behaviour on the part of the players.

Makes me appreciate the behaviour we have here in Israel on the part of both baseball and softball players.

Shmuel

So, all the players in Israel are a bunch of choirboys, eh?

[Shmuelg]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

So, all the players in Israel are a bunch of choirboys, eh?

Well, they aint' complete angels, but let's just say they can carry a tune pretty good.

I've been umping seven years and had to eject a player only ONCE, and have given no more than three warnings (for bad behaviour, that is).

The baseball guys tend to be better behaved than the softball (fastpitch) guys. Go figure.

Shmuel

[RPatrino]

Arn...good job!! I had an EJ on a HC, for bumping me. First time for that!! He was out of control, arguing with me, the other teams asst. coach, HC and AD. He was losing 27-2 at the time, decided to pack his team and head for the bus prior to the game being over. OK by me, I asked the AD to include that in his little notes to the commissioner.

Incidently, this coach is an ex-major league player.

[greymule]

Incidently, this coach is an ex-major league player.

Some of the ex-MLB players I know have a poorer concept of the rules than the average fan.

[UMP25]

Emphasis on the prefix "ex".

[SanDiegoSteve]

The problem with Bob Davidson is that he knows the balk rule a little too well. Every little ticky-tac balk that most of us ignore, he would call. That is how he earned his nicknames of "Balk-a-day Bob," and "Balkin' Bob." He never met a balk he didn't like.