Tobacco
 

Had a 1st base coach come up to me after an inning. Here's how convo went.

Coach: "the 1st baseman needs to be ejected right now".
Me: "why"?
Coach: "he's using chew"
Me: "how do you know"?
Coach: "he's spitting brown"
Me: "I chew on slim Jim's out here and I spit brown".(I don't even know if I can do that now based on the rule)(is slim Jim's tobacco-like product?). "I don't want to falsely accuse anyone here coach but I'll look into it".

The next half 1st baseman comes out and I strike up a conversation with him to get him talking. I ask him "what's in your mouth"? He says, "nothing". I reminded him as well as his coach that tobacco use is grounds for automatic ejection.

What else could, should I have done here?

I think you handled it fine.

You handled it better than I might have. Coach comes out and tells me that I need to eject someone on the other team, I'm probably not as nice as you were.

Coach: "the 1st baseman needs to be ejected right now".
Me: "what the heck for"?
Coach: "he's using chew"
Me: "copy that" then turn and go back to my position

Don't get me wrong; if I see it, I'll deal with it as required. But I don't particularly care for coaches who "coach" umpires. When they tell me things like, "Watch the batter's feet, Blue!" and "Check to make sure the pitcher comes set, Blue," it gives me the impression that they think I can't do my job out there.

When I was first starting out in basketball, I worked a game with a very seasoned referee. A coach was on me constantly to watch for 3-second violations. My partner told me to find one on his team first.

Coach: "the 1st baseman needs to be ejected right now".
Me: "I'll umpire. You coach."

Stop spitting Slim Jim would be the first thing I would do.

I've had to tell exactly one player if he wasn't dipping, swallow it. Got it taken care of with a good warning to coach and player.

Speaking of tobacco (or what wasn't tobacco):

Umpire Brian O'Nora recovering from intestinal tear - ESPN

How does one get an intestinal tear? Not thoroughly chewing up one's slim jims?

JJ

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A hernia is a prior condition that MLB couldn't report...........:confused: