Situation

[mcrowder]

Roger - first, you asked, so don't get pissed off that we answered. If you just wanted confirmation that you're a big man for ejecting him, go talk to your buddies, not us.

Working alone in the heat sucks, but we've all been there. And nearly everyone here has their own particular line that coaches shall not cross. However, we need to be cognizant that our fuses may be shorter in those situations, and make a conscious effort to diffuse things when possible.

Second - instead of looking down, if you were looking up as you returned to the plate, you could easily have "reminded" the coach not to come onto the field without calling time, and defused this early (if he kept coming at you after that, I'm right there with ya - buh-bye, coach). And especially since it doesn't sound like you called time on your own, you should be heads-up and not looking at anything but the field of play until you DO call time.