Worthy of Ejection?

[Yankeesfan1324]

Umping 6 and 7th grade, I'm only in 9th. I'm umping plate and call strike 3 on a pitch a few inches below the armpits. The coach yells "what!" from the baseline. Once the next batter comes up, he looks at me, makes a motion of swingig at a pitch multiple feet, and says something about a bat that I cant make out. I let it go until the end of the inning, when he told his team in the dugout to swing at anything even if it was over their head much louder than neccessary and I told him it was a strike and even if it wasnt, he cant argue it. Should i have tossed him?

[JaxRolo]

As tempting as it may be. I say leave it alone. Let the batters swing at everything. The game will go by faster.

If he wants to keep it up next inning give him a That's enough warning. He will probably toss himself. These guys take things to seriously!

[scrounge]

As Jax said, not just yet but he's setting the stage. A good shorthand rule is Ignore-Acknowledge-Warn-Eject. You already ignored the first comment and acknowledged his complaint with your statement. Depending on how you said it, that may have been the warning as well. If he continues, then he's the one that escalated.

Note: if the actions are bad enough, you can go straight to warn or even eject.

[mjr_2013]

I could care less about the actual answer (what Jax and scrounge said was correct), I'm just happy that I'm not the youngest person I've seen on this board now! :D

[umpcoachfather]

Im really glad your getting the opportunity to call these games behind the plate - that being said because of your age - the coach should know better then to say anyting to you, most likely he is a teacher, if so why anyone in their right mind would comment to you is hard to believe, especially if he is a teacher. Just stick to your guns, see a strike call a strike, your going to have people chirp about the zone for the rest of your umpiring career and you will learn each time it happens. "**Name** I heard you, and that's enough" Next time - Bang your gone.

[renegadewolf]

I've gotten myself to the point now where I ask myself this question befoere I toss anyone.... Is this really worth the paperwork? Stick to your zone, you know it best, despite what the batter thinks. Develop a thicker skin because no one likes to be called out and it's always easier to blame someone else for your own mess up than look at yourself, therefor the batter will always blame you, as will his fans, coaches and team mates. Learn to zone out the chirping, it can be difficult, no one likes to be criticized and it's hard to ignore when we hear it, but practice makes perfect. A smart player will realize when he is being given enough rope to hang himself, and the rest will eject themselves with such zeal no doubt will remain as to wether or not to toss.

[mstaylor]

My criteria for an ejection is about their actions and how it affects the game. I could care less about the paperwork. I have to fill out a report about any game, plus an addition report if any odd happened.

[johnnyg08]

Leave it alone. Good for you for getting out there at 9th grade.

See if you can find a local clinic to attend and hone your skills. It must be fun making 10X more money than your friends in less than half the hours.