"Un-ejected"

[bumpinblue11]

Greetings. I am a teenage kid who has aspirations to be a future umpire somewhere. I figure in a couple of years I will start off in my local LL, then work myself up to joining my local association as a young adult. This site has been awesome so far for rules, mechanics, situations etc.

Anyhow all that is beside the point. This is about one of the most bizarre events I have ever witnessed on a baseball field. This happened quite a few years back in a district LL game that I actually was playing in.

In the league I played in (won't say where), the "Williamsport" tournament was quite politically-driven. You didn't really have to be qualified to be an umpire. As a result, you would often get "homers", especially when you played against a particular other team in our bracket.

So my team "A" was playing this particular team "B". My memories of how this started are a bit murky, but I will do my best. Right before an inning was to begin, our league president (in attendance right behind our bench), who was quite the inane oaf, waddled on to the field and I think began a discussion with one of our coaches, delaying the game. Now here's the situation at this point. The BU is a strange guy, slightly mentally retarded (and I mean it), but nevertheless a pretty decent umpire, and objective, from the local association. The PU is an unqualified young guy associated with the lovely folks we were playing against.

So when this conference began delaying the game, the opposing coach, even fatter than our league president, waddled out to protest this guy's presence on the field to the umpires (both BU and PU get involved). At this point the guy gets into it with the BU, who eventually tosses him. At that moment two other coaches from the other team run out and rail furiously to the PU (The "Team B" guy) who then does something shocking-- he puts the ejected coach back in the game! It was one of the biggest travesties I have ever seen. Our coach himself was almost tossed, he was so furious about it. Wow.

Let me know what you think. That's how LL is these days...

[Ozzy]

Once "gone, he stays "gone! That's all there is to it!

[archipelligo]

I read that too fast, I thought you said 'Biggest Trans vestites"

Absolutely....when you're history, you're history.! I STILL HATE NFHS's restricted to the dugout rule.. :x

Witnessed a similar sitch just this past July. I was scheduled to call the area Babe Ruth tournament. Winner goes to the State tournament.

I had been scheduled for several weeks prior, but, at the almost last minute, I was replaced by a non certified BR "umpire" who in turn brought another non certified ringer and they worked the entire series.

Championship game. I attended as Joe Fan and was immediately "pounced upon" by several fans upon my entry into the park about several mysterious calls and rules interpretations that had ensued on the field. It was then that I immediately noticed that a rhubarb was in progress on the field.

As I tried to interpret rule sitch's to them, I still attempted to show support for the umpires on the field. I deflected any non relevant statements about the officiating in progress. I just came to be a JAFO...

Two EJ's quickly ensued on the field and it was readily apparent as to why the one head coach had gotten his ticket home. I had EJ'ed him earlier in the season when he was playing the league president's team for violently showing his @$$, to which the league prez had done nothing punitive to him over. His assistant was then tossed for his display.

So here this same outfit of rats are coaching the host team's All Star team.

I watched the head rat. his assistant and now one of this players, all EJ'ed head for the stands. Suddenly, the next inning, I see the head rat stroll back into his dugout as if he had UN-ej'ed himself.

The Mommas are eating this BU alive...he blows several more calls and rule interp's...

I found out later, that the ringer umpire brought in had thought an inning or so about things and had recalled said rat to the dugout informing him that he was not ejected any longer. :o

A timed EJ?? kinda like a NHL penalty box?? Once you EJ under BR rules, you are gone...history, sayanora, buhbye...You can sit in the stands well removed from your team, according to the rules.

I found out later why I had been scratched from this tournament. It was for my EJ of the same rat earlier in the year. He complained and the league president agreed with him that he should not have been EJ'ed by me that day.

Sitch: worm burner foul down the line that missed the rat in the box by about 3 feet...he is soo excited about scoring a R2 that he can't hear me giving the FOUL call. he kicks the ground.... he screams "holy schitt"...he says you suck...you are terrible....you can't see nothing....that was fair...THEN charges me...

He was gone at you suck..... :P

you tell me??

I hate politics anyway...especially when it pervades our game..

[killdump]

He would have been dumped at Holy Sh!t if it was me..........

[Ozzy]

Absolutely....when you're history, you're history.! I STILL HATE NFHS's restricted to the dugout rule.. :x
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I understand what you mean but I've found that the HS coaches (at least around here) hate being restricted - They'd rather be ejected! So I oblige them by keeping them in the dugout whenever possible!

The other problem is that at the sub-varsity level, it is not unusual to have only one coach. So if he gets ejected, that's the game! The FED says that there has to be a certified adult handling the HS players, not a mom or dad from the stands like in youth ball.

And besides, I like to watch them squirm in the dugout! Heh, heh, heh!

:twisted:

[Luke]

In the league I played in (won't say where), the "Williamsport" tournament was quite politically-driven. You didn't really have to be qualified to be an umpire.

Congratulations on playing in the LLWS :wink:

[Rcichon]

Been there. He's gone. BUH-bye. Scratched? You were the Elephant Hunter? I was and didnt know it until later.

He would have been dumped at Holy Sh!t if it was me..........

Well....he was... and you are right, Kill-D....the only reason he lasted long enough to even say "you suck" was because I was a little slow on the trigger finger..from internally LMAO at him.. :roll:

[killdump]

He would have been dumped at Holy Sh!t if it was me..........

Well....he was... and you are right, Kill-D....the only reason he lasted long enough to even say "you suck" was because I was a little slow on the trigger finger..from internally LMAO at him.. :roll:
There has been more than one time that I have had to stop myself from laughing out loud, at some of these jokers that they call coaches. Some of the things that these fools will try to pull to get some kind of edge is just unbelievable.

[bumpinblue11]

luke it's not the llws! it's the districts, the lowest level of ll tournament play

thanks for the thought tho....

[JBowling]

[quote="blindumpire99"]Absolutely....when you're history, you're history.! I STILL HATE NFHS's restricted to the dugout rule.. :x

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IMO, if they're needing restriction, they probably need to be ejected.

[killdump]

[quote=blindumpire99]Absolutely....when you're history, you're history.! I STILL HATE NFHS's restricted to the dugout rule.. :x

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IMO, if they're needing restriction, they probably need to be ejected.
I couldn't agree more..........dump em!!!