A Two-fer

[t-rex]

It looks to me like F1's complaint had something to do with the batter stepping into the pitch based on where he slammed his glove into the plate. I'm not sure why he thought that made a difference.

In a league ball pre-season clinic last spring, we had one of the local association trainers (Fed ball association) showing us the preferred mechanic for his association for stepping in between a coach and a fellow umpire after the ejection. The mechanic he recommended was to escort the ejector away from the ejectee so as not to escalate the situation.

This situation illustrates why this is not a good idea, and reinforces my thinking that the trainer was just plain wrong (and proves most of you guys right, from previous posts on how to deal with these situations.) By facing his fellow umpire and pushing him away, it gives the impression to everyone on the field that the umpire was the agressor. Now, in this situation, HP was one of the agressors, but BU's actions drew more attention to this fact.

Canada, I would rethink yelling at F1. Yelling or following F1 back to the mound will both make you look like the agressor, and a warning to get back to the mound is not warranted in this situation, IMO.