Runner attempts to advance during dead ball

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

'Trigger-happy' my rosy red rump. It's unsportsmanlike at ANY level. Avoid the ejection because you have no cojones, but it's still a gross violation, no matter what YOU think.

Son, don't ever tell me I don't have cojones. I haven't gotten where I've gotten by being timid.

If you were the BU in this situation, and didn't have the guts to get rid of the runner and the coach, I would never work with you again.

Good, because I wouldn't want to work with someone who believes some big time ejection is the answer to everything or that mountains must be made out of mole hills. I handled it quite well, retained the respect of everyone involved, and avoided a bigger mess that two ejections would have caused. I have had my share of ejections over the years, and my first one this year might even have been classified as kind of quick, but in the OP's case, based simply on what he wrote, I wouldn't have ejected and would have still been respected.

I want partners who punish situations like this.

Then go work in a court or prison.

And think (if you can) about this. If you're the base ump, they just made a fool out of you.

Whatever you say from the comfort of your chair. In 30 years of umpiring I've never been made a fool and still command respect by my work ethic and performance.