Maybe I should have walked him through it........

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Walt,

This is where you should have taken care of business and possibly set a different tone:

And he does. Ball 2. Now the hands go up and he's stomping around the mound.

Coach tells him that it's okay, "Blue is trying to make a statement."

I've already dumped one coach and I'm not looking for any more trouble. I ignore it.

I don't count the number of players and coaches I run. I run as many as it takes until they get the message that I'm not there to play f***f*** with them. I would have warned the coach that any more histrionics on the part of the pitcher and he would be needing a new pitcher. If that coach wanted to smart off about me making a statement, I would make a statement that he would be going along with his pitcher. Just my fabulous opinion.

Steve,

Looking back it's hard to say you'd be wrong if I followed this approach.