Weekend tourney

[constable]

I've always been told if you are ejecting someone you need to sell it like you would any other tough call,without showing off and being antagonizing.

Anyway- I personally wouldn't get involved with telling a player they are done for the day.If I'm ejecting that one, it is for that game. If they have to sit out anything beyond that, it is up to the league/tournament conveners etc.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by constable

I've always been told if you are ejecting someone you need to sell it like you would any other tough call,without showing off and being antagonizing.

I disagree. I had one ejection during the HS season just concluding, and it was for MC during a play at the plate. Big kid barrels over the skinny F2 who did not have the ball, obvious OBS/MC call. (The runner hit him in the chest so hard he flew up off his feet and landed 3 feet behind the plate; his AD told me the next day that the kid plays football but hasn't hit anyone that hard on the gridiron!)

The D coach came out to attend to his player and didn't say a word to me. The O coach was standing expectantly at his dugout. I paused long enough to replay the scene and remember that MC supersedes OBS. Then walked over and calmly told the O coach, "he's gotta go." He asked about OBS, and I "reminded" him that to get that call, his player still has to slide or go around F2.

Point is: everyone expected the EJ, and no good purpose would have been served by giving a giant "heave ho" signal.

That F2 came out to play the rest of the game, too!

[DG]

The few times I have EJ for MC, I give the big emphatic EJ first (like throwing a ball over LF fence) and then call the out later after dust settles. Can't help myself. The big EJ comes first for MC.

If somebody gotta come tell me he gotta go, he ain't going because if I thought so it was INSTANTANEOUS.

The "purpose" of the big EJ is the offending player should not forget it and offensive coach should be wary of coming out to argue it. Wimp out on this call and do injustice to those who follow you.

[zm1283]

I had two ejections tonight in a varsity summer game, FED rules. R2 tries to score on a base hit with two outs. The catcher is waiting for him with the ball, R2 doesn't try to slide or avoid contact and ends up putting the catcher on his back. I give him a casual "toss" for the MC. The HC comes down from the third base coaches box and can't believe his player has been ejected. After I explain it, he tells me that it's "bull****" which gets him dumped too. As my partner helps get him moving toward the exit, he tells me that I don't know the game and that I shouldn't be working varsity baseball. I didn't come back with anything, just gave him the "Okay" and nod then ignored him.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I had two ejections tonight in a varsity summer game, FED rules. R2 tries to score on a base hit with two outs. The catcher is waiting for him with the ball, R2 doesn't try to slide or avoid contact and ends up putting the catcher on his back.

That's an out, and interference, but there's nothing in your description that indicates it was MC.