Throwing the Bat - LL

Rich · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 02, 2011, 10:58am

I ejected one LL player last season. He struck out and helicoptered his bat to the fence. Team only had 9 players. Saved me about 2 additional hours of umpiring.

kylejt · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 02, 2011, 11:04am

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

I ejected one LL player last season. He struck out and helicoptered his bat to the fence. Team only had 9 players. Saved me about 2 additional hours of umpiring.

Intentionally firing your bat is entirely different. They get dumped, no matter what.

Rich · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 02, 2011, 11:13am

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Originally Posted by kylejt

Intentionally firing your bat is entirely different. They get dumped, no matter what.

Agreed.

I guess my LL experience is a bit skewed -- I don't work small diamond in the regular season. By the time I get the kids (in Juniors), they aren't flinging their bats.

I still think that the one way to stop the flinging is to warn than eject. After the kid sits a game, he won't fling anymore and the teammates will see that they can't do it and get away with it, either.

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