Iowa/Dayton

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by Spence

In the video I saw, it seems like the umpires were hesitant at first to get between the two coaches.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/m/con...tid=1688297742

In 20/20 hindsight,could this have been handled better by the umpires?

IMO, their biggest mistake was waiting around to let the teams call the League President. I would have gotten the ejected players out of there and started the game. If managers didnt' want to field the team, then a forfeit would be in order.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

IMO, their biggest mistake was waiting around to let the teams call the League President.

That is their right.

I would have gotten the ejected players out of there and started the game. If managers didnt' want to field the team, then a forfeit would be in order.

No you wouldn't. Not if you were a minor leaguge umpire who wanted to keep his job.

[lawump]

Mr. Umpire is right. Though rare, League Presidents have rescinded ejections in the past to allow a game to finish...and then subsequently handed out fines and suspensions to all. Usually the suspensions are staggered. Unlike MLB...there is no appeal process in MiLB so any suspensions will have to be served when they are told to serve them.

I will add that the last time I heard of this, the President rescinded the ejections but required both teams to remain in he clubhouse except for the manager and the players actually in the game.

With the amount of press this is getting, I'd be shocked if there aren't a lot of suspensions/fines...and a few of them healthy too.

[jwwashburn]

Listening to the webcast...Peoria had reported their subs. They had pitchers playing two outfield slots and the announcer said that Dayton woul be doing the same. The pitcher was warming up then the umpires headed into the Dayton dugout. Maybe they had just gotten the phone call?

If the League President actually nixed the ejections, that is a horrible thing to do. Someone could defend him if the teams did not have enough players-but they DID!

Anyway, the delay AFTER the subs came onto the field and the umps went into the Dayton dugout was at least 20 minutes...I did not time it. From the Brawl until the resumption of play was over an hour.

Joe in Missouri

PS Another tidbit was that the Cabrera slide into second was "spikes high". Of course that should be an ejection if it happened. But, this announcer did not say a WORD about the slide until after the brawl.