Ejections 101: Master the Rules and Follow the Process (Part 1)

[@brianjames8660]

Thanks always, Patrick! You do a fantastic job!

[@UmpireClassroom]

Thanks for watching and supporting!

[@DavidEmerling79]

What if one umpire is still on the field while the other umpire has left the field and a coach says/does something that is unsportsmanlike? Can that coach be ejected? Do *both* umpires have to be on the field for the "umpires" to still be "on the field?"

[@UmpireClassroom]

We should be exiting the field together every time. Almost at the same moment. I'd say, if one of you is off, you should both be off within a few seconds. Just head to the locker room and send the report. If it's egregious and would have been ejectionable on the field, your state will take care of the behavior. Frankly, sometimes more severely than if it was on field. Chasing the officials off the field/court is unacceptable, and your state will back that.

[@DavidEmerling79]

I'm a little unclear about this: Is there a difference between a verbal warning and a written warning? Do they both require a restriction? Example: You call a pitch a strike and the third base coach says, "C'mon, blue. That pitch is in the dirt!" Is it just a verbal warning to tell the coach to stop arguing balls & strikes? A few pitches later, on another pitch that you've called a strike, the same coach says, "Geez! My players need golf clubs, not bats." You give him a written warning and he is restricted to the dugout. Right? Later in the game, the same coach, from the dugout (restricted) again criticizes that umpire's strike zone. Ejection! Is this a correct progression?

[@GloriaCurtis]

Hey David, if I'm following your line of thought, you can say coach we don't argue balls and strikes without having to say this is a warning, because by saying those words it's a warning, but if the coach keeps it up after that, you can just restrict him to the dugout, if it's the head coach, but if it's just the assistant coach you can eject them. That will send a powerful message.

[@DavidEmerling79]

@@GloriaCurtisI guess I'm still a little confused-maybe it's just a semantics issue. It seems like there are two types of warnings being discussed here: a verbal warning and a written warning. Isn't the term 'written warning' synonymous with 'restriction'? On the other hand, a 'verbal warning' is exactly that-the umpire says something to the coach (not necessarily using the word 'warning') to indicate that whatever is going on must stop, but no restriction is associated with it. Am I understanding this correctly?

[@GloriaCurtis]

@@DavidEmerling79 To my understanding it's only one warning, I for one have never used a written warning, because sometimes I'm in the field and I've had to warn an assistant coach, so I didn't have a lineup card to write it down, but I still told my game assigner about it after the game so he would know.