Ignore or Address?

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Easy, you don't assume! OFC talks to his players unless he proves to you that he was doing otherwise. Maybe the OFC doesn't say what you are used to hearing and that is none of your concern. As I stated, if F1 balks and in my judgement it was due to what the OFC said, he's either seated or gone.

If you're going to shut down the coach for causing the pitcher to balk, you've got to shut him down if he says the same thing and the pitcher doesn't balk.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

If you're going to shut down the coach for causing the pitcher to balk, you've got to shut him down if he says the same thing and the pitcher doesn't balk.

Agreed. And, "shutting down" can be different from ejecting / restricting, etc. Maybe just a look. Maybe a quiet comment on the coach's way back to the dugout after the inning.

It depends on the umpire and the coach and the coach's reaction to what he said.