ASA - 1B Coach runs out on field during live ball to argue a call at 2B

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by teebob21

I posted this play for conversation here because the feedback I got after the game was a surprise to me. I thought I handled it well; kept the coach in the game and life went on.

Well, that isn't your job. It is the coach's job to keep himself in the game. Your job is to officiate the game.

The feedback I got was that I looked animated and aggressive during the discussion (which is totally possible as I gave two stop signs and pointed while talking) and that I should have appeased him by going for help in order to defuse the situation (which I 100% disagree with as I had all the elements with 99.9%+ certainty).

IMO, you are getting bad information. You are correct to not go for help just to appease a coach. If anything, you may have talked too much. As previously noted, let the coach have his say, no reason to engage him, he will talk himself out. The less you say, the sooner he will be done. Eventually, when he is done, he will shut up and wait for your response. Provide a concise response (No, coach. I had a clear view of the elements of the play. Let's play ball) and move on to your position.

Again, no reason to further engage him. Ever notice how stupid MLB umpires look when they start arguing with coaches? They get animated and loud and flush and all for absolutely nothing, but a lifetime on medicine to control his blood pressure. Have you ever seen an umpire lose an argument on the field? So why jeopardize one's life and career over it?

Of course, if the coach won't give up or just will not stop running at the mouth or crosses the line for you, just continue to do your job and remove him from the game.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I do not care if I did know or did not know that the 1B Coach (an Asst. Coach) had been ejected in his team's two previous games (I would like to know how this Coach has not been been suspended but that is a discussion for another thread.) and it may be because I have gotten crotchety in my old age, but the instant he came running out on to the diamond during play to complain about my call, he is gone for his third straight game.

MTD, Sr.