Got in trouble for this ejection

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

Ed,
At least for USSSA and Super Series, which do have rules concerning time limits, there is no rule against this. And as I read the situation, the home team was behind or tied, had a great start to their half of the inning, and yet they chose to make outs. Sounds like they wanted to play one more inning of baseball, and the umpire didn't. That's poor customer service, considering the time limit hadn't expired.

Perhaps you confused this situation with one in which a team loses the game intentionally in order to gain an advantage during the rest of a tournament? There are rules against that.

Poor customer service? Bah.

I don't work where I'm not in complete control of the clock. That way, when sh!t like this happens, I declare the time limit expired and go to the house. And then remember not to work for places like this.

Trust me, not having to answer to one central assignor is sometimes quite a blessing.

[UmpLarryJohnson]

hell as long as a team is makin a PLAY as defined in the book its ok by me--if thats "BUSHLeageu" thats betwen the teams. i see only a PLAY here (stealin) so whateevr happens i got NO TRAVesty only play ball!


i dont get this MOCkery stuff. what rule is violated? mr Garth is right, you dont have to LIKE it, only ENFORCE it!

[bluezebra]

The 13 year old team third manager was ejected.

How many managers did this team have? I thought there was only ONE per team.

Bob

[jicecone]

Ed,

Bottom line here is, you keep trying to justify your actions with rules that don't apply to a rule that doesn't exist in OBR.

You imply that you were in no hurry to get out of there but ,because it was not under your conditions then things were different. In your own mind, you were offended because he was able to extend the game within the confines of the rules.

If you truly took what the coach said personal ,then you are going to have problems with higher level ball. Believe me, this won't be your only mistake officiating, I GUARANTEE THAT. Learn from it.

[jsblanton]

I have coached in a league that had time limits and umpired leagues with time limits. I didn't like either one of them very well. I believe if you play a game that is started and ended with a time limit, there should be a clock on the scoreboard for all to see. You have to finish an inning that was started if the home team is behind or tied. If the horn goes off during the bottom of the inning, game over.(If the home team is winning)