No thread about Bob Davidson ejecting a fan?

[jwwashburn]

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[JRutledge]

To be fair, do we know what he ejected him for?

Peace

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

To be fair, do we know what he ejected him for?

Supposedly, a homophobic comment: Davidson says he ejected fan because of slur - Welcome to Charter.net

[jkumpire]

That's a tough sell in an MLB park, but if he heard it, and his bosses buy the report....

[JRutledge]

That is good enough for me if he ejected him on that basis. This is why I do not jump to conclusions on things like this because I would have done the very same thing if players in the game were called certain things.

Peace

[GoodwillRef]

I live in WI and at Brewer games ushers don't to a very good job of policing drunk fans...they usually choose to ignore them.

[GoodwillRef]

Good for Davidson...I thought all three ejections he had were legit.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

I live in WI and at Brewer games ushers don't to a very good job of policing drunk fans...they usually choose to ignore them.

The park is named after a brand of beer.

[BK47]

quite hilarious. I saw the thread made national news on my yahoo the other day however did not watch it untill now. Thanks Brian for the humor.

on a different note, what do you guys think of the first play with Craig Counsell? Seems like the correct call as he appeared to not even attempt to touch the bag. His body was facing center field and looked a good 2-4 feet behind the base. If he had at least tried to stretch his arm out and try to touch the base then the call would not have been made. But he made no attempt.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

That's a tough sell in an MLB park, but if he heard it, and his bosses buy the report....

What are you saying? It is okay to say anything at a MLB park today?

[jkumpire]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

What are you saying? It is okay to say anything at a MLB park today?

First off, no it is not okay, and that is why they have ushers and security people to deal with issues like this. My impression is it is their job to deal with this stuff, not an umpire trying to call a professional game.

Second, I am surprised that Mr. Davidson found the right person to eject, in a park with 10-20k people in it. If he got the right guy, great.

Third, weren't you taught not to get involved with policing the stands or fans unless there is a major problem in them? Normally IMO you should ignore the fans unless there is some very, very good reason to have to deal with them, esp, in an MLB park. In HS sports, you are always told to get a site manager or head coach to deal with the problem. NCAA Baseball is the same way.

Fourth, Mr. Davidson is really going against standard practice, and where do you draw the line? If some fan in the 4th row calls him #$$&##@&%@&**), does this ejection allow him to start throwing out paying customers? It's a slippery slope he is close to getting on, I hope he is careful.

That is all I am saying. And MLB brass have not liked things umpires have done in the past, and have fined umps and even suspended them. I could see Mr. Davidson getting fined for this act, if for no other reason than to make clear this is not an umpire's job, to deal with bad behavior off the field by fans, unless it affects play on the field.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

Second, I am surprised that Mr. Davidson found the right person to eject, in a park with 10-20k people in it. If he got the right guy, great.

While I understand your point, kinda, as memory serves me, this guy was sitting at the end of one of the first rows in the lower deck near home plate and the dugout. It's not like he hollered from the upper deck and the ump had no idea who he was and had to search him out.....

And the "fan's" reaction to his ejection easily proved he was the right guy to go.....and knew it.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

First off, no it is not okay, and that is why they have ushers and security people to deal with issues like this. My impression is it is their job to deal with this stuff, not an umpire trying to call a professional game.

Second, I am surprised that Mr. Davidson found the right person to eject, in a park with 10-20k people in it. If he got the right guy, great.

Third, weren't you taught not to get involved with policing the stands or fans unless there is a major problem in them? Normally IMO you should ignore the fans unless there is some very, very good reason to have to deal with them, esp, in an MLB park. In HS sports, you are always told to get a site manager or head coach to deal with the problem. NCAA Baseball is the same way.

Fourth, Mr. Davidson is really going against standard practice, and where do you draw the line? If some fan in the 4th row calls him #$$&##@&%@&**), does this ejection allow him to start throwing out paying customers? It's a slippery slope he is close to getting on, I hope he is careful.

That is all I am saying. And MLB brass have not liked things umpires have done in the past, and have fined umps and even suspended them. I could see Mr. Davidson getting fined for this act, if for no other reason than to make clear this is not an umpire's job, to deal with bad behavior off the field by fans, unless it affects play on the field.

Wow,

I did not realize that Davidson went into the stands, went "bill of the hat to bill of the hat" with the idiot , took two steps backwards and gave him the "heave ho"..................

If you actually take your blinders off and look at the action, he is imploring the security staff (grandpa) at the dugout to get moving so they could get the game going.

He then had to point out the drunkard to another highly trained "security professional" (grand daughter).

The staff had no clue what was going on. Heck, you can even see the fan in the front row by the dugout point the idiot out to grandpa.




Davidson handled the moron(s) (staff included) as he should have.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Supposedly, a homophobic comment: Davidson says he ejected fan because of slur - Welcome to Charter.net

Fair enough.

I was watching the game when it happened. The announcers were saying stupid stuff (these were Cardinal's announcers) ... but that's nothing new.

When it happened, I just figured the dude had a laser pointer or something like that...

[jwwashburn]

A "homophobic slur"?

I am really afraid of those ******s? Or, did he call Davidson a ******?

If this is reported widly, I can guarandamntee you that Bob has heard only the beginning of this.

Doesn't a Major League umpire have anything better to do than listen to fan comments, get offended and then actually try to figure out who said it?

Davidson is a cartoon.