"You suck"

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

Really? A 12-year-old mouths "you suck" and an ejection is over-reacting?

I don't know that it's an overreaction, I just know I probably wouldn't eject a kid for that.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fiasco

I don't know that it's an overreaction, I just know I probably wouldn't eject a kid for that.

It's not the word suck as much as it's the word "you" in front of it. It's personal. It would get a coach/player/anyone ejected from any baseball game. I get that we have a bit of a double standard, but I won't let a player stay around after that. Even a HS player is probably done after that.

I'll sleep well that night.

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

It's not the word suck as much as it's the word "you" in front of it. It's personal. It would get a coach/player/anyone ejected from any baseball game. I get that we have a bit of a double standard, but I won't let a player stay around after that. Even a HS player is probably done after that.

I'll sleep well that night.

Oh, I have no problem with you ejecting a kid for that. I just think different things strike some of us differently. I think you'll remember we just had a discussion a week or so ago about how I'm going to automatically whack a coach who says something like "Call the damn foul," but I'm not going to automatically eject a kid who says "you suck." I can't explain why, the two just strike me differently.

Nothing wrong with it. Doesn't make you overly sensitive or me a doormat. Just the way it is.