Umpiring Politics

[Ump Rube]

Originally Posted by budjones05

Does anyone know the automatic word for an ejection?

Y-O-U. You.

[budjones05]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

Y-O-U. You.

DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!

[Kevin Finnerty]

I took a chance ejecting a batter in a Men's 25-U Nationals game while my assignor was on the bases. I would have warned the guy for popping off about a strike call, but he dropped an F-bomb and did it loudly. So I ran him, and my assignor backed me 100 percent on the field and afterward at report time.

But I never gave his being there a second thought when I ran the guy. He knows I have a long leash because I have a short list of ejections, and they all involve loud unsportsmanlike behavior or malicious contact. This might have been one of my softer ones. Especially with the older guys.

But a catcher says something like what he said about you, Johnny ?!? ... He goes as fast as my mask can come off. Any of that personal bias crap from a teenage jerk-off is absolutely intolerable.

[Aging_Arbiter]

Originally Posted by budjones05

Does anyone know the automatic word for an ejection?

Actually, it's at least 2 words. "YOU" followed by an adjective. YOU never know when s coach will come by and say that YOU guys are very consistent. Keep up the good work.

However, back to the politics side that this started under, I have an example for the OP. I was working 11-12 state trny this weekend. As soon as a league from my district qualified for the trny, I called the assignor to make him aware. IN an attempt to help avoid some possible "politics" at the last minute, I wanted him to be aware. Well, his decision was simple. His first response was "so?". THen he went on to ask me if I had any issues with integrity. When I told him that I did not, he said "refer to answer #1". Some leagues (states) are clearly different when it comes to the same game.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by cc6

It sounds like a lot of people regret not making an ejection, but do not have an ejection they regret making. This suggests that you have a long leash, so that you will not have an unnecessary ejection, but this comes at the cost of taking abuse from time to time.

Did you learn all this in psychology classes? Sounds like excrement and fecal material of a bovine nature to me.

I don't take abuse. Abuse will get you ejected. I will eject when necessary, and when called for. If ejection is not warranted, I don't eject.

I have never lost an argument on the ball field as an umpire. I always get my way, somehow.