First one of the year, and an easy one

[cyclonehokiece]

Easy one for profanity. Names and teams redacted to protect the innocent. Nations Baseball Tournament.

In the second inning of the game between the XXX and the YYY, there was a play at the plate. The catcher had the ball up the line and the runner slid. This play led to a hard tag, towards the head, but I did not judge malicious contact to have occured. This was the third out of the inning, and in the middle of the second, I was going over to the YYY head coach to ask him to talk to his catcher to try to keep contact to a minimum. However, before I got over to talk to him, the XXX head coach was walking from the the third base coach box and said to me in passing, in a loud and angry tone "That's bull." Before I could tell him anything, he also said, as he was walking and was at home plate, and directing it at the YYY's bench "That's bush and you godd*** know it." At this point I ejected XXX Head Coach. He left the field at that point. However, between the second and third innings, it was discovered XXX Head Coach was standing out beyond the outfield fence (which is technically outside of the complex on the walking path, but still within sight and sound of the game). The base umpire went out and asked XXX Head Coach to get out of sight and sound of the field, which he then did do. No further incident after this point.

[Welpe]

What age group?

[cyclonehokiece]

11U

[SanDiegoSteve]

XXX Coach...as Bugs would say, "What a maroon!"

[mstaylor]

Absolutely a no brainer ejection. Certainly saying something to the catcher's coach about trying to go easy is fine at that age, however allow that sometimes stuff happens in a baseball game and it didn't look intentional or malicious.

[cyclonehokiece]

MST, I see your point about stuff happening. I did this in an attempt to deescalate the situation (something I only do in younger age groups), but the other coach then ejected himself.

[mstaylor]

MST, I see your point about stuff happening. I did this in an attempt to deescalate the situation (something I only do in younger age groups), but the other coach then ejected himself.

Completely agree. Sometimes coaches are their own worse enemy. :)

[MPLSMatt]

Honestly, to say that to a bench full of 11 and under kids. I hope the league slaps this guy a bit too.

[cyclonehokiece]

Honestly, to say that to a bench full of 11 and under kids. I hope the league slaps this guy a bit too.

Travel ball tourney, so probably nothing beyond having the rest of that game off.