Balk Called by Coach....

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by Crabnut

If the coach intentionally did it, the ejection is easy, but you could warn as well depending on the severity.

FED rules don't prescribe "a warning" for this infraction. The penalty is to "eject"- period.

That's why it's important to be as close to 100% sure as you can that it was intentional, purposely designed to cause the balk. If you're not sure it was intentional, then the rule wasn't violated. You could then issue a warning- consider it preventive umpiring- and let the coach know the consequences if it happens again and you do consider it intentional.

And if it does happen again, it's going to take a lot less to convince me that it is intentional!