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"Rules question for you..."
Gentlemen,
I received the following e-mail from a colleague of mine about a week ago concerning a situation he had in his game. Quote:
Discuss. JM
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1. No balk. 2. Never let people see you eject a coach as he is walking away. He warned him too many times and missed a couple of good opportunities to dump him face to face. If the coach throws a line at you while walking away, say to him quietly, with no gestures, "You're gone coach, time to leave." When he turns around and says "WTF" Give him the big heave. (I need to credit my young second cousin, twice removed, who is working in the minors for this technique) |
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I'm a little verklempt. What the pitcher should stop breathing for a farkakte baseball game? It's not a balk. |
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Mike would be very proud!
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"Coach, you seriously want me to balk him for BREATHING?" (said in a very "Are you $hitting me?" tone)
"Well, he's moving his hands!" "I'm not balking him for breathing, sorry." (said half chuckling, as in- it's humerous that he's actually asking for a balk on this) "So you're not going to enforce the rules?" "I'm not aware of the rule that says it's a balk for breathing, so I AM enforcing the rules properly." (walk away) |
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No balks for breathing!
Explain the call, then eject if the coach doesn't get it. By the way, was this the manager? If an assistant, he would have been gone before any explanation.
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Bad regarding ejection. Depending on the overall game situation, I might have restricted him to the dugout for the part in red -- screaming during a pitch is outrageous. In general, I follow the procedure others have mentioned: 1. Listen to his view/comment/question 2. Give him my ruling 3. Stop him when he begins to argue 4. Restrict him to the dugout if he continues 5. Eject if he persists beyond that. I really like FED's intermediate penalty of restriction: sends approximately the same message as an ejection but without the paperwork!
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what is FEDS restriction rule? i play college ball, so i dont do any high school baseball, an d dont have a fed rule book. post here or send a message please.
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Tends to take the piss out of 'em. In my state, an ejection wins a $100 fine from the state. A second EJ in one season wins the fine plus an expense-paid trip to OHSAA in Columbus.
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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that a violation of the balk rule was a judgement call. The rule states what he can, or can't, do but whether or not he does, or does not, do them is our judgement. We don't discuss judgements.
It was my judgement that he was breathing...no rule against breathing...buh-bye In MS it's a $250 fine for HS coach to get dumped. The dug out gets the point across w/o the fine. |
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For the record, the on-line course is a "Principles of Coaching" course and the cost is $35.00. |
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