If this were a basketball games?

[Scrapper1]

If I knew for sure that the kid moved so I'd get hit, it's a flagrant T. Not sure how I could be sure, though.

Probably easier to tell if the kid who threw it did it on purpose. Flagrant T for that, too, if I knew that it was intentional.

[JugglingReferee]

I liked the responses on the beisbol forum that they dump the manager too. It seems that the culture is that the manager is responsible for the players' actions. In basketball, as Scrapper1 says, we dump the two players, but I'm not sure that I would dump the HC as well.

[Mark Padgett]

My response against the coach would be based on the object thrown. If he had a glass thrown at me, I would throw the ball back at his glasses. If he had a shoe thrown at me, I would throw the ball back at his shoes. If he had a ball thrown at me, I would throw the ball back at his, well, you get the idea.

[jdmara]

It would be so obvious in basketball since the officials are not camped out behind a certain player (ie the catcher with an umpire). I think it would be quite an amazing series of events for a ref to be purposely hit by a basketball. As a baseball umpire who has been hit by a pitches and hit balls, I wouldn't be too concerned about a basketball hitting me. However, I've never experienced what is being alleged in this baseball instance. Although, a foul tip directly to the chest will take you out of a game as I have experienced. JMO

-Josh