Worthy of Ejection?

[PeteBooth]

Tim normally I would agree with you but the mens league at least in my area play once a week, normally Sunday mornings. It costs them around $350-$400 to join which includes insurance, uniform costs and umpire Fees.

I realize I should not govern EJ's based on Financial reasons but in baseball unlike the other sports there is no penalty for unsportsmanlike acts other than Ejection.

Also, many of these guys played College semi-pro etc. so they KNOW what's going on. These are not 12 yr. olds although they act like it sometimes.

The "message" is not something I am going to do all game long, but at least from my experience in dealing with men's leagues it has worked and even though they get "hosed" on a strike 3 call at least they are still in the game.

In addition they are not suspended from the next game or have to pay a fine. (This league I umpired in had an automatic one game suspension if you got EJ'd plus they had to pay a $25.00 fine on top of that)

Therefore, at least for me this method has worked.

Pete Booth