2013 Ejection Thread

[Publius]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

To you it is, but maybe not to the coach. When he is asked if he was warned before he was ejected (and he likely will be), and the only thing you said to him was "that's enough," there is a good chance his answer will be no, and he will believe it to be true.

That may be your experience; it has never been mine. Maybe those eastern coaches aren't as perceptive as coaches in other parts of the country.

When I say it (always "ENOUGH!"; never "That's enough!"), it's not as an aside; everybody hears it and better than 95% of the time I don't hear another word, so somebody understands it. Guys who say they don't recognize it as a warning are either inexperienced, stupid, or trying to play the umpire. A few guys have needed two tries to pick up on it, but I don't recall anyone ever needing three.

Not every situation calls for an official (i.e., recorded) warning. When one does, I give one. Some guy chirping about a pitch usually doesn't rise to that level.

I can recognize an appeal play even when nobody uses the word "appeal," too.