My ejection

[celebur]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

Many good ideas and thoughts have been expressd in response to the post. I think one of the best to take to our board later this month is to require a UIC be hired from our association for any tournament such as this. No, a UIC was not hired/appointed, and had I known this was going to be a tournament, I wouldn't have darkened their door.

Yes, that's good. In our local association, a UIC is always assigned for each tournament. How the UIC would handle such a situation would probably vary depending on the UIC (some are more capable than others), but at the very least, if something happened like what happened to you, that TD wouldn't be getting any more umpires until our directors had a meeting with him. Whether he ever gets more umpires from us would depend on his response to that meeting.

I recall my first ever slo-pitch ejection, and it was a rec tourney as well. The ejected player was full of bluster, and as he was leaving, he promised to get the TD. This happened in the second inning, and the game played out without the TD ever coming by. Afterwards, I discussed it with the TD and asked him if the player came to find him. He did, and the TD simply asked him what he did to get ejected. When the player told him, he simply replied that he would have ejected him too. It was good to hear that the TD supported the umpires!

[archangel]

Since the OP stated that the TD walked up and wanted to reinstate the player, without asking YOUR side of things (of course ejected players lie), then telling you to leave, I probably would have stayed, told the ejected players manager that the game will be forfeited if said player didnt leave, kick the TD off the field(whether he left or not is mute), most probably call the forfeit, tell the winning team that they may have to protest to keep the win, inform the other umpires nearby,and stay there for my next game.
Basically not making it easy for the TD to solve things HIS way. This diamond is MINE during the game.
Not everything is in our control, but I'd like to think that I'd finish this game and any others I had scheduled. Whether a forfeit win stood up, or the ejected player plays again in another game, or the possibly forfeited game has to be rescheduled, is now not my concern---only my game management, per MY call.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by archangel

...whether he left or not is mute....

I seriously doubt it would be mute!

[bkbjones]

Oh, believe me, you wouldn't have any idea of how right you are and how WRONG I was.

Originally Posted by archangel

Since the OP stated that the TD walked up and wanted to reinstate the player, without asking YOUR side of things (of course ejected players lie), then telling you to leave, I probably would have stayed, told the ejected players manager that the game will be forfeited if said player didnt leave, kick the TD off the field(whether he left or not is mute), most probably call the forfeit, tell the winning team that they may have to protest to keep the win, inform the other umpires nearby,and stay there for my next game.
Basically not making it easy for the TD to solve things HIS way. This diamond is MINE during the game.
Not everything is in our control, but I'd like to think that I'd finish this game and any others I had scheduled. Whether a forfeit win stood up, or the ejected player plays again in another game, or the possibly forfeited game has to be rescheduled, is now not my concern---only my game management, per MY call.