O's Boston brawl, odd ejection?

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Originally Posted by BayStateRef

From a friend (and HS umpire) who was at the game: After the fight and because Gregg was ejected, the Orioles brought in a relief pitcher who warmed up for about 10 minutes. When he completed his warmups, Showalter called his team off the field. The Red Sox did not take the field for another minute or two.

If R3 was called out for abandoning the base, why did the umpires allow the relief pitcher to warm up? Or...my words...what took them so long to declare R3 out for abandonment?

In a perfect world, everything would fall into place and the game could have been started up in a minute following the scuffle. Unfortunatly, this is not a perfect world. I have taken up to 10 minutes trying to sort out the ejections following a fight and the ensuing arguments and show-boating. Baseball has no time limit so it behoves an umpire to take his time and get the ejections correct.