AAU U10 Tourney Ejection?

[plr19]

Bottom of the third and home team is at bat down 6 to 4. 2 outs and man on 3rd. Pitcher delivers the pitch and catcher makes a snap throw to third to throw out the runner by about 5 feet. Third base Coach (Manager) yells g** damnit.... loud enough for me to make out the god part and clearly hear the damnit. Catches me by surprise because i hadn't heard a peep out of him all day. Should i eject? This is only my 10th game or so in my career and i've never ejected before.

PS... the words were not directed at me... towards his player.

[catsbackr]

Should you eject?

Did you eject? It's a little late now.

Yes, if loud enough for you to hear clearly, it's loud enough for players and parents to hear clearly, he's gone.

[mikes610]

If it wasn't directed towards a call I made I would not have tossed him at that point. He used inappropriate language, IMHO, and should have realized.

I'd would have spoken to the coach quietly between innings and let him know that his outburst was heard by everyone and language like that should not be used around kids.

[mfs914]

10U he is gone, unexceptable at that level.

If it is a Varsity HS, or a higher level like that, I might pretend i didnt hear it.

At 10U if you dont eject, then you are bound to have 10 year olds saying it to, because they heard their coach say it.

[catsbackr]

If it wasn't directed towards a call I made I would not have tossed him at that point. He used inappropriate language, IMHO, and should have realized.

I'd would have spoken to the coach quietly between innings and let him know that his outburst was heard by everyone and language like that should not be used around kids.

In 10U baseball?

No way. If you've got a 10U coach using language like that in front of his kids, there is no way I'm going to speak QUITELY to him between innings. If he doesn't know his outburts or language is inappropriate, it's not up to me to tell him.

He's done.

[mikes610]

He didn't drop an "F" bomb or other expletive. So where's the line? Is it g-d or the Dammit?
At the High school level you'd let it go but lower he gets the gate?

I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to have a high schooler saying it any more than a 10 yr old.

Yes younger kids are easily influenced but my guess is there is more wrath that the parents can dish out to the coach than you can by ejection. We've all slipped up in the language arena, but tossing him seems OOO, IMHO.

We can agree to disagree here.

[CoachJM]

Bottom of the third and home team is at bat down 6 to 4. 2 outs and man on 3rd. Pitcher delivers the pitch and catcher makes a snap throw to third to throw out the runner by about 5 feet. Third base Coach (Manager) yells g** damnit.... loud enough for me to make out the god part and clearly hear the damnit. Catches me by surprise because i hadn't heard a peep out of him all day. Should i eject? This is only my 10th game or so in my career and i've never ejected before.

PS... the words were not directed at me... towards his player.

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Personally, I would not eject a coach for this, even in a 10U game.

I would simply think it immature behavior. I would call "TIME!" and have a word with the offending coach to inform him that further such displays would not be tolerated. Were he to do "it" again I would immediately toss him. I don't think the umpire is there to regulate language so much as behavior.

The only time I have ever ejected anyone for "language" was a player in a 14U travel game who called one of his opponents an "ass-head" as he was leaving the field. It really wasn't the language I objected to - as a matter of fact, I don't think the player really got his money's worth on the "language" aspect of the deal. :wink:

JM

[Mike_Hirschman]

Bottom of the third and home team is at bat down 6 to 4. 2 outs and man on 3rd. Pitcher delivers the pitch and catcher makes a snap throw to third to throw out the runner by about 5 feet. Third base Coach (Manager) yells g** damnit.... loud enough for me to make out the god part and clearly hear the damnit. Catches me by surprise because i hadn't heard a peep out of him all day. Should i eject? This is only my 10th game or so in my career and i've never ejected before.

PS... the words were not directed at me... towards his player.


If I didn't throw him (and I am leaning towards the fact that I would, although I am strictly an LL guy), I would have a very loud "TIME" and walk over and let him know quietly that he is lucky he isn't gone had best be on good behavior for the rest of the afternoon.