Was I Trigger Happy?

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE=tibear;677251]

Had a game yesterday where I set a personal record, 3 ejections within 5-10 minutes.

At one point, the coach says something to the effect of "You're crazy", ejection #2.

The manager then turned to his bench and yelled, "Well boys, looks like we're going back real hard to first." Ejection #3. I'm not going to allow a coach/manager to instruct his players to attempt to injure the opposition.

The 1B Coach and now the manager are done.

Any more coaches left?

RE: Around "my neck of the woods" no ADULT coaches left = game over.

Pete Booth

[tibear]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth;677508]

Originally Posted by tibear

The 1B Coach and now the manager are done.

Any more coaches left?

RE: Around "my neck of the woods" no ADULT coaches left = game over.

Pete Booth

They did have another adult on the bench but the team was done on two counts:
1. They were about to be mercied (down 15 after 5 innings)
2. They didn't have another player on the roster to replace the one ejected, so they couldn't put 9 players on the field.

[PeteBooth]

Originally Posted by tibear;677527

[QUOTE

1. They were about to be mercied (down 15 after 5 innings)

The coaches were most likely happy to get dumped.

Pete Booth

[MD Longhorn]

[QUOTE=tibear;677527]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

They did have another adult on the bench but the team was done on two counts:
1. They were about to be mercied (down 15 after 5 innings)
2. They didn't have another player on the roster to replace the one ejected, so they couldn't put 9 players on the field.

If this is true, how did you get to ejections number 2 and 3... wasn't the game over at ejection 1?

[tibear]

[QUOTE=mbcrowder;677556]

Originally Posted by tibear

If this is true, how did you get to ejections number 2 and 3... wasn't the game over at ejection 1?

The first two ejections happened very close together (on the same play) and since it was the last at bat, we were going to let them finish their half inning when the third ejection happened.

[MD Longhorn]

[QUOTE=tibear;677634]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

The first two ejections happened very close together (on the same play) and since it was the last at bat, we were going to let them finish their half inning when the third ejection happened.

OK, I see ej#2 then... but WHY IN THE WORLD would you stick around to let a team that just took 2 ejections continue playing a game that was over? Seems to me that's begging for problems.

[SanDiegoSteve]

It's never a good idea to continue playing after a game is officially over. There are serious liability concerns.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

It's never a good idea to continue playing after a game is officially over. There are serious liability concerns.

Please say that again for emphasis in case you weren't heard. NEVER is right. I've caught a little grief for not letting them keep playing after it's over. But it's NEVER NEVER NEVER good to keep officiating when the games over. And if everyone realized this, I would catch less grief!