Play at plate video

PeteBooth · #23 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 10, 2008, 02:34pm

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Originally Posted by msavakinas

Garth:

I understand your point about the ejection, but respectfully disagree. In most cases, the coach gets tossed to get tossed, and this is understood. He knows what he is doing. Most of the time, I will eject, then stand and listen for 5-10 seconds, then if he doesn't go on his own, I turn and let my partner take care of him. If he is venting, I let him for those ten seconds max, he paid the price by getting dumped. My partner and I have discussed in the pregame that when I'm ready for him to go, I turn and he steps in.

I believe it was Garth who gave us a link of a confrontation between Tom Haller and Earl Weaver.

Earl was dumped but as the energizer bunny kept going and going and going. Haller tried to get away but Earl wouldn't let him.

However, that is PRO ball and IMO you cannot compare PRO ball to amateur ball.

Nothing good can follow when you allow a coach to "continue" after he has been dumped. If he was civil to begin with he would not have been dumped. Why continue to allow the coach to yell obsentities sarcasm's etc. To me it makes no sense.

You said after you dump the coach

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then stand and listen for 5-10 seconds,

My question is this:

Then why bothering dumping him if you are going to listen to him. Either dump him get the game moving or "take it" and delay the game even more.

Now what if you have an incident with the "other' coach and have to dump him. Does that mean you also give him his due as well.

When the coach is dumped he's dumped and deserves no more attention.

Pete Booth

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