How often do you eject?

[kylejt]

5 in 11 years. None in the past three.

Since using the ol' STOP sign("That's enough"), everyone seems to know where the line is.

[mstaylor]

And that was a kid for malicious contact. He lowered his shoulder going into home.. I think I was a little over zealous I ran my punch out and ejection mechanics all into one big blur and was told later it looked like I was trying to kill a bee. I have read several posts on here about ejections you don't make and later regret and I have two so I am curious to find out if my regret is justified.

#1 Runner going into third and the play is close but definitely out to end the inning and head coach in third base coaches box goes nuts!!!! As he and I are walking back across the diamond (they were in the first base dugout) he says to me GET OFF YOUR KNEES YOU ARE BLOWING THE GAME! well it is a jv game and he is the only coach so instead of running him I restrict to the dugout. Still regret it wish I had given him the heave ho.

#2 13 and 14 yr olds and 2nd baseman rung up on strikes in the top half in the bottom half he misses the tag on the runner stealing and I call him safe. The kid then looks over at the shortstop and says loud enough for me to hear God these Umpires Suck. So I say to him and his coach we are not putting up with that crap and if he wants to continue you better talk to him coach. I thought they only had nine players and I didn't want this dip:censored: to ruin it for the other 8 who were playing hard.. turns out they had 10 and I should have ran him.

those are my two regrets

Thanks

Cody

I must admit you are a bettre man than I am because I would have tossed the manager so fast I wouldn't have considered that he didn't have an asst and it might be better to restrict. We would have all gone home and he gets to explain to his AD why he is such a jerk. My thought is if he isn't smart enough to realize he doesn't have an asst and he should watch what he says then sorry, you gotta go.

The second sitch I may have tossed, I may have left him but if I left him it would have been with a very strong understanding of where the line is. If he only has nine, I may have left him but I would have very forcefully explain that they only have nine and if he opens his mouth again he is gone, do the math. Have I ended a game on an ejection? More than once, one earned me a year suspension.

[kcfan102]

Have I ended a game on an ejection? More than once, one earned me a year suspension.

Ouch

[mstaylor]

The worse part of it was I was the UIC and I suspended myself. It was only for that league, I worked all the other stuff I usually work.

[cmaurer21]

in 12 years i had 1 coach 8 years ago 1 fan the same day. 1 player last week. I think that is a good track record.

[catoblue]

back to the OP... rarely. I'm in a unique situation where for the last 15 years, I've only called 6-8 games a year during regular LL season and maybe a grand total of 6 11U tourney games. With my extremely limited load of games, I've only had 2 EJ's in 15 years, and those were during tourney games.

I find that I'm VERY fortunate, that 90% of the coaches I deal with during regular season approach the game with the proper frame of mind - that LL is for kids to learn to play baseball, wins are a bonus that comes when the coaches teach the kids and the kids retain and execute what they are taught. The other 10% of the coaches I deal with clam up after one "that's enough".

I guess it also helps that I am one of maybe 5 or 6 umpires that calls games in our 5 community extended league, who shows up dressed as an umpire, makes it a point to know the rules better than anyone else on the field, and doesn't get into the "yuk-yuks" with the coaches before, during or after the game. I think that may actually intimidate some of the coaches that would otherwise spend a lot of time chirping or arguing calls.

The closest thing I've had to an arguing coach this year, was one game last week when I was BU, and one of the coaches came out to me between innings, about the same time as F2 was throwing it down to 2B and I had just gotten back to A, he walked over to me from his 1B coaches box and asked me if I could watch leaving early a little closer. I told him, I'm already watching for it, and he'll see the little flag on the ground if I catch someone. He said thanks and got back in the 1B coaches box.

[th3]

once in 7 years

[constable]

as often as I need to. I don't avoid them. I don't look for them. I do admit if a coach is a particular jerk than it does feel satisfying to toss their ass out of the ball park.

[constable]

I must admit you are a bettre man than I am because I would have tossed the manager so fast I wouldn't have considered that he didn't have an asst and it might be better to restrict. We would have all gone home and he gets to explain to his AD why he is such a jerk. My thought is if he isn't smart enough to realize he doesn't have an asst and he should watch what he says then sorry, you gotta go.

The second sitch I may have tossed, I may have left him but if I left him it would have been with a very strong understanding of where the line is. If he only has nine, I may have left him but I would have very forcefully explain that they only have nine and if he opens his mouth again he is gone, do the math. Have I ended a game on an ejection? More than once, one earned me a year suspension.

Bush league. We shouldn't have to worry about the team's staffing levels. If someone has to go, they have to go. I don't think I'd work for a league that would suspend me for that.

[DirtyDawg]

U missed his next post.

[mstaylor]

The suspension wasn't for the toss, it was for the aftermath. The player I tossed was 17 or18 and came at me cussing. I read it as an assult attempt, sidestepped him and open palm shot him in the back of the shoulder. I may have misread the situation so I suspended myself during the statute of limitations for him to charge me. Nothing came of it.

[constable]

The suspension wasn't for the toss, it was for the aftermath. The player I tossed was 17 or18 and came at me cussing. I read it as an assult attempt, sidestepped him and open palm shot him in the back of the shoulder. I may have misread the situation so I suspended myself during the statute of limitations for him to charge me. Nothing came of it.

fair enough. Good thing you're not in Canada. Assault doesn't have a statute of limitations .