Baseball question from a football/basketball ref.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Maybe it's a baseball thing, and we've got it all wrong. You see far more ejections in baseball than all other sports. So why is that?

Baseball lacks an effective intermediate penalty. Football has the 15 yard USB. Basketball has the technical foul. Soccer has the caution. What does baseball have? Nothing short of ejection.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Baseball lacks an effective intermediate penalty. Football has the 15 yard USB. Basketball has the technical foul. Soccer has the caution. What does baseball have? Nothing short of ejection.

Well in HS you can restrict a coach to the dugout and if an assistant is ejected the head coach is also responsible and goes to the dugout. Not the case at the other levels, but I would be OK with that kind of penalty at other levels.

Peace