February rule interp

[BT_Blue]

In Jim Paronto's February Rules Interpretation posted today on the NCAA arbiter site, he says that for 2014 a pitcher ejected at any time will serve a total of 4 games. Before it was 4 in addition to the current game.

So does that mean he will only miss 4 total regardless of the situation? What if this is a post game ejection (can not play next game)? Does that mean he only misses the next 3 games on top of the next game? Or does he still miss the next four, on top of the next game?

Thanks in advance.

[SSRock]

Whenever a pitcher is ejected for disputing an umpire’s decision or for 

unsportsmanlike conduct or language directed toward an umpire, whether 

while serving as the current pitcher of record, after having been removed 

from the game or after the game has concluded, his suspension will be for a 

total of four games. 

 

 

So it's not whenever a pitcher is ejected, it is when he is ejected for unsportsmanlike/language. The rule is in place deter pitchers from being ejected when they know they aren't going to pitch for the next few games. So basically it is four games instead of a one game suspension. 

 

The tricky part of the rule as it was explained to me is if the pitcher is removed from the mound to another position and then is ejected for unsportsmanlike it is back to just a one game suspension. This new interpretation may have closed that loophole depending on what Jim Paronto is using to define "removed from the game." 

And I believe post participation is the same, four games instead of one.