ASA - erasing a line

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

How about:

"Thanks. Now all decisions regarding in and out of the box are not only my judgment, but completely arbitrary since you took that pain-in-the-*** line out."

Other than smart-*** remarks, I believe you have it right, Andy.

Pretty much what I told a catcher in the Armored Forces Championships some years back.

The catcher pointed out that the batter was wiping out the lines of the BB as if expecting me to do something. I said something along the line of, "Ain't that great?". The catcher got a strange look on his face. So I finished, "Yeah, now he cannot complaing when I call him out for being out of the box!" Now the batter had a look of disbelief on his face. Didn't have a problem the rest of the game or the tournament.

I would not eject a player for this, that would just add fuel to the fire.