Got in trouble for this ejection

[MD Longhorn]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth]

Why did the manger do this?

Was it to win the game - Doubt it

I have to ask why you think this. I'm proceeding from the assumption that the reason he did this was that for SOME reason (not knowing who is batting next, whether the other team's current pitcher would have to be removed for some reason, etc) he DID think that this move helped his team win. I may disagree ... but I have to assume that his move came with that reason in mind. I don't understand why you think otherwise.

With R2/R3 and 3-0 on B1 there is a VERY GOOD Chance that B1 would have walked and the 3 minutes most likely would have ended with the next batter's at bat that's why the manager did what he did.

Now you've abandoned all sense. With 1 out, why would the inning end with his at bat? If it's a drop-dead time limit, and the game DOES end during this kid's at bat ... then beginning another inning is pointless anyway, so that can't be it. The logic here sounds like you DO think he was employing this tactic to give himself a better chance to win... Which is it?

IMO, this is a classic case of a manager employing tactics to DELAY the game.

As much as you want it to be, delay and hasten are not synonyms. Delaying the game is a completely opposite thing ... slowing things down to cause time to run off PREVENTING an extra inning from being played. If the rulesmakers wanted hastening an inning to be included in this rule, they could have and would have. They didn't. this move is not illegal, even if it's bush league.

As mentioned it is the Coach who was "cheating" by not playing the inning the way it should have been played and therefore, time would have run out anyway.

It's not cheating if his tactic is legal.

Let me put it another way. Let's say a particular league has a 10 run rule after 5 innings.

95 degree heat, Bottom 5 HT is winning by 9 runs 2 outs and R3. B1 hits a rope into the gap, the manager tells R3 to stay put. What is your next move?

Answer: That's a balk have a nice day gentlemen

Pete Booth

Holy crap. Bad enough you admit you'd cheat by misreading your watch. Now you're inventing things in play just to get home earlier. Please keep you're sorry cheating backside off the field. The game's not about getting your lazy butt home early - it's about making accurate rulings about what you see in the game. Not inventing things. I'm completely flabbergasted that you purport to be an umpire. Tell TimD I said hi.