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Old Fri Jun 21, 2013, 04:01pm
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Adult-Children Wreck Ball

ASA - Home team at bat down by 4 runs with 2 outs and 30 seconds to go on clock. Their current batter chooses to strike out intentionally so they get an extra inning by beating the clock. They're within the rules. Innings over and I call "one more inning". Of course visitors have a hissy and a squalling big time about chickens__t play and no ones does that stuff ever. It escalates when teams are changing positions and I've got 14 to 16 guys on field all barking at each other. Visiting pitcher (biggest hissyfitter) who was almost in dugout comes back on field, throws is helmet and confronts the opposing shortstop cuz he's barking back. He shoves shortstop. Now everyone is really animated and yelling. I want no part of another inning of this crap and simply say...."Game's over". Both teams behaving badly was my thought.

I'm a one man crew, 70 years old and not about to get into a 14-16 man hassle on the field and I know it ain't gonna subside if I toss anyone and play on. It's just going to get worse.

Hindsight, I could have and probably should have tossed the pitcher guilty of shoving but at that point it was a real "bruhaha" and I didn't want to work the extra inning of what I perceived was going to be nonsense and potentially more of the same barking.

I don't know if I'm looking for validation but what would you guys have done given working single man and a real scary situation about to happen?
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Old Fri Jun 21, 2013, 04:16pm
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Walked away....wrote a report and let the league handle it.

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Old Fri Jun 21, 2013, 05:51pm
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walked away....wrote a report and let the league handle it.

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Old Fri Jun 21, 2013, 06:58pm
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walked away....wrote a report and let the league handle it.

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Old Fri Jun 21, 2013, 07:43pm
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Probably the smartest option available. Hope the league/organization has a strong "hammer" to deal with such behavior. It's things like that that had me leave my "adult" softball career.
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Old Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:17pm
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First off is to remember adult rec is wreck. ASA = babysitting. If you accept the game, you will be babysitting. Accept that fact, or don't accept the game.

Second, you must remember the art of war, when the concubines were told to line up and they giggled, two were beheaded right there, and asked again to line up, and they all did immediately.

The proper thing is to eject any player that touches another player first. Then any player that belongs in the dugout not in the dugout gets ejected. Then get names and details of all those ejected before continuing. If there is not enuff players after your ejection, you have your forfeit.

It prolly sounds like you would have had a double forfeit anyways, you just took a short cut which may or may not come back on you.

The league will handle it, they gotta. You are not supposed to babysit them, but with ASA, there's some expectation. You just have to remember to take down names and details in the future to cover yourself.
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Old Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:44pm
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First off is to remember adult rec is wreck. ASA = babysitting. If you accept the game, you will be babysitting. Accept that fact, or don't accept the game.

Second, you must remember the art of war, when the concubines were told to line up and they giggled, two were beheaded right there, and asked again to line up, and they all did immediately.

The proper thing is to eject any player that touches another player first. Then any player that belongs in the dugout not in the dugout gets ejected. Then get names and details of all those ejected before continuing. If there is not enuff players after your ejection, you have your forfeit.

It prolly sounds like you would have had a double forfeit anyways, you just took a short cut which may or may not come back on you.

The league will handle it, they gotta. You are not supposed to babysit them, but with ASA, there's some expectation. You just have to remember to take down names and details in the future to cover yourself.
That is one of the dumbest posts I've seen recently. WTF does this have to do with ASA?
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Old Sat Jun 22, 2013, 05:02pm
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READ, OP first words are ASA

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That is one of the dumbest posts I've seen recently. WTF does this have to do with ASA?
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Old Sat Jun 22, 2013, 10:29pm
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READ, OP first words are ASA
I believe his point is that this is a rec league (i.e. city/town) issue, and that ASA has nothing to do with any of it. ASA doesn't expect anyone to "babysit." Rec league directors may, but ASA doesn't. ASA simply codifies the sport, and then for "championship play" only (technically). They have nothing to do with how local leagues are run, nor, I suspect, do they want to.
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 12:27am
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ASA - Home team at bat down by 4 runs with 2 outs and 30 seconds to go on clock. Their current batter chooses to strike out intentionally so they get an extra inning by beating the clock. They're within the rules. Innings over and I call "one more inning". Of course visitors have a hissy and a squalling big time about chickens__t play and no ones does that stuff ever. It escalates when teams are changing positions and I've got 14 to 16 guys on field all barking at each other. Visiting pitcher (biggest hissyfitter) who was almost in dugout comes back on field, throws is helmet and confronts the opposing shortstop cuz he's barking back. He shoves shortstop. Now everyone is really animated and yelling. I want no part of another inning of this crap and simply say...."Game's over". Both teams behaving badly was my thought.

I'm a one man crew, 70 years old and not about to get into a 14-16 man hassle on the field and I know it ain't gonna subside if I toss anyone and play on. It's just going to get worse.

Hindsight, I could have and probably should have tossed the pitcher guilty of shoving but at that point it was a real "bruhaha" and I didn't want to work the extra inning of what I perceived was going to be nonsense and potentially more of the same barking.

I don't know if I'm looking for validation but what would you guys have done given working single man and a real scary situation about to happen?
How would I have handled this? Likely the same as you did. I would be keeping track of which players were doing what during the incident and written a full and complete report with as much detail as possible about the incident. In that report I am indicating that had the game not been ended player X (pitcher would have been out for throwing his helmet and aggressive contact to an opponent). I likely also would have included that the SS would also have been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct as well because of his barking at the opposing pitcher. I would not each player who was involved. The reason is simple.

Why do that? The league could rule a couple different ways on this. They could rule both teams conduct in violation of league policies and issue a double forfeit of the game because it was ended by an umpire. They could rule the game over and the score as official at that point, of they could (if they have no support for the umpires, rule the game be continued). If they rule the game to be continued, you have an argument that these players should be considered ejected and would have been had the conduct not prevented them from being notified of the ejection. In a situation like this I am getting away from the action ASAP and watching from a distance. If the league decides to continue the game, those players would be barred from continuing in the game due to being ejected.

I rarely have had fights in contests I worked. I had a flag football game while in college that a fight broke out in. Of a 5 man crew, 4 officials jumped into the pile to break it up. I stayed back, watched everything happen, and wrote down names and numbers of those involved in the action. I ended up needing that information as a school police officer was watching the game and actually arrested a couple people. I ended up needing to provide a report for the school judicial committee when he was brought up on school charges.
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 11:45am
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READ, OP first words are ASA
The local league is using ASA rules, and the teams and league may even be ASA sanctioned under the state or metro ASA commissioner.

However, all of the kinds of issues described by the OP are due to the local teams and local leagues. ASA, as an organization, has nothing to do with how local rec leagues are run.
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 01:30pm
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How convenient, but I don't buy it. Its either ASA sanctioned or its not, and you talking out of both sides of your mouth on behalf of the OP as to which is not helping.

ASA is a ruleset, but umpires are required to be ASA registered, wear official gear ASA uniforms, umpires, teams, and leagues are required to register and buy ASA Bollinger insurance, bat checks must have ASA stamps and not on the banned bat list. To distance from the ASA is a cop out.

the ASA has become a rules committee, liability police, and umpire apparel and gear hawker. All the talented SP players are off utripping and all the good FP teams are off playing showcases and premier. All the upper level umpires have traded in their ASA gear for better pay, better games, and less politics and no more "cry baby ball" elsewhere.

The ASA is where amateurs start playing and umpiring, and remain when there is no place to advance, and the talking heads are usually the later. If an umpire wants to excel at routine professional babysitting, the ASA is the place to be.

Do yourself and the OP a favor, do a search here or on any forum. Nearly all these SP adult baby behavior posts are ASA games, plain and simple. If you want to help the ASA and the OP, man up and answer his question directly, not hide to comment on mine. OP is wearing ASA blue, is 70yo calling single man, and came here for help, because quite honestly, he probably ain't getting it where he calls his own ASA assoc home.


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The local league is using ASA rules, and the teams and league may even be ASA sanctioned under the state or metro ASA commissioner.

However, all of the kinds of issues described by the OP are due to the local teams and local leagues. ASA, as an organization, has nothing to do with how local rec leagues are run.
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:19pm
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How convenient, but I don't buy it. Its either ASA sanctioned or its not, and you talking out of both sides of your mouth on behalf of the OP as to which is not helping.

ASA is a ruleset, but umpires are required to be ASA registered, wear official gear ASA uniforms, umpires, teams, and leagues are required to register and buy ASA Bollinger insurance, bat checks must have ASA stamps and not on the banned bat list. To distance from the ASA is a cop out.

the ASA has become a rules committee, liability police, and umpire apparel and gear hawker. All the talented SP players are off utripping and all the good FP teams are off playing showcases and premier. All the upper level umpires have traded in their ASA gear for better pay, better games, and less politics and no more "cry baby ball" elsewhere.

The ASA is where amateurs start playing and umpiring, and remain when there is no place to advance, and the talking heads are usually the later. If an umpire wants to excel at routine professional babysitting, the ASA is the place to be.

Do yourself and the OP a favor, do a search here or on any forum. Nearly all these SP adult baby behavior posts are ASA games, plain and simple. If you want to help the ASA and the OP, man up and answer his question directly, not hide to comment on mine. OP is wearing ASA blue, is 70yo calling single man, and came here for help, because quite honestly, he probably ain't getting it where he calls his own ASA assoc home.
Dude get a clue about local leagues. Leagues are not run by A.S.A. Leagues are run by local associations and or parks, using A.S.A. rules.

A.S.A. only handles Championship Play Tournaments District All Stars Championships (B teams) through Nationals and Travel teams (A / Gold) Starting at the State level through Nationals. A.S.A. also is in charge of Team U.S.A. and American I.S.F.

Here in So Cal most Adult leagues are governed by S.C.M.A.F. rules
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:50pm
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A.S.A. only handles Championship Play Tournaments District All Stars Championships (B teams) through Nationals and Travel teams (A / Gold) Starting at the State level through Nationals. A.S.A. also is in charge of Team U.S.A. and American I.S.F.
Actually, ASA is a member of ISF as the NGB of softball.
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Old Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:53pm
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Actually, ASA is a member of ISF as the NGB of softball.
Thanks for the proper status
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