Small Confrentation... How to handle it?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I simply would laugh if I heard that coming out of the mouth of a 14 yr old...honestly, at that level...I might consider ejecting...but we all have our own thresholds...

Some years back I umpired a kid from 13 thru high school. He was a very large boy for his age. At age 13 he was throwing around 85 mph from PONY league distance of 54 feet. He also had pinpoint control. He regularly struck out 15+ in 7 inning games.

I would not laugh at the prospect of this kid sticking the next one in a batter's ear. I would have immediately warned the catcher, pitcher, and manager that anything close to resembling throwing at batters would lead to all three being ejected.