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I will say, good on the Coach on the blue team for going out to the mound. If I was that coach, I would’ve waited for the umpire to come to the mound so that I could give him an earful and so I get tossed and not my pitcher.

I officiated HS & NCAA basketball for 28 years, I made my share of bad calls. Never on purpose but I’m human, I make mistakes. I love the game and cherish every memory of my interaction with coaches and players, good and bad (way more good 😊). I’d like to just add one more perspective for fans/parents to consider. I have dialogue with coaches and players the entire game, very important to all of them. On many occasions after questionable/close calls, as we were lining up for free throws or to throw the ball inbounds, the player on the court who committed the foul would apologize for the loud profanity laced tongue lashing being dished out by mom or dad. I understand mom or dad sticking up for their children, but when the player is so embarrassed they feel the need to apologize for their parent’s actions? Highly regarded young men and women for their maturity in that moment, mom and dad should be very proud of them, I know I was! Thank you all for your time!

Coach says that "you can't throw him out in the first inning". I had an adult league where I threw a catcher out before the first pitch.

What a bunch of crybabies. It’s time to grow up and stop being little boys with little minds. The one guy yelling sounds like he’s crying, what a stupid damned baby. I’m sure the Russians are laughing.

The whiners are gy

The catcher needs to gone as well , major profanity and running his mouth

The guy was safe at third

In my opinion the defensive team, most notably the pitcher and coach, are too aggressive and both needed ejected. You can't wait for the moment a person gets physical. BOTH of their intentions looked physically intimidating and there's no place for that. No one should feel like they may be involved in a physical altercation when officiating a game.

First off, runner looked safe. The coach is an idiot, if he asked for time, then asked the base umpire “say blue, I think you may have had a bad angle, could you please ask the plate umpire for help”. He probably would of asked PU and they would of got the safe call, so bad call by umpire, worse call by coach

That catcher would have followed him out

safe at 3rd

Big mouth would have made it to the mound. Ejected means leave the field, not when you’re ready, but immediately. As soon as he crossed the line, Manager ejected. Throw a warm up, game over. Nuff said. Respect the game, no one from the MLB is scouting you pitch..

Completely legitimate…

Boys need good men to lead them in order to avoid acting like jerks. Leadership could turn around a whining player.

If an umpire can't take someone telling them he made a terrible call, he shouldn't be working. On the other hand, the players should have had to immediately leave or forfeit the game.

hes safe slow it down frame by frame

At least his crying is a lot less worse than the woman yelling “he doesn’t want to hit” in numerous similar videos.

You can eject anyone at anytime from “play” until after the game even.

2:03- umpire gives warning to coach 4:47- pitcher is ejected

Great job as always Eric!

Pretty bad when you can see the runner was safe from way over here in Canada

He missed that one for sure………have to do better than that.

Coaches are assclowns

I promise that, regardless of how hard it is to resist in the moment, it’s more satisfying to watch others lose their minds and merely watch in solemn silence, rather than engaging in the downward spiral. It was the PU’s secondary reaction of responding to the charging players that ultimately caused the PU to get himself in trouble. Poorly coached team to have responded the way they did. Even if you felt wronged by the ump, charging at them aggressively while dropping f-bombs is pretty awful behavior.

I promise that, regardless of how hard it is to resist in the moment, it’s more satisfying to watch others lose their minds and merely watch in solemn silence. It was the PU’s secondary reaction of responding to the charging players that ultimately caused the PU to get himself in trouble. Poorly coached team to have responded the way they did. Even if you felt wronged by the ump, charging at them aggressively while dropping f-bombs is pretty awful behavior.

Don’t bring small kids so they can cry and people can’t hear the game, rude

I umpired one summer of adult baseball, and never went back. I don't need the aggravation.

Can I just say, the Coach on the blue should have gone out there and prevented his Pitcher from getting tossed. I would’ve fought for my pitcher

I do think the Base umpire could’ve handled this a bit differently. Talk about having rabbit ears. Just ignore it and move on

They should take the though out of ump hands out hand they should not have a say because most of them don't have any idea what they are doing

in a men's baseball league and he's complaining about watching three straight strikes. Why are you even out there, to relive the glory days of striking out looking? Always someone else's fault that you struck out

pitcher definitely instigated some of that BS. Throwing a fit/pouting cause he didn't get a call? Meandering around the mound like a child... Then raging at the ejection and trying to fight? Definitely some tensions building prior to this filmed interaction...

#22 on the Braves, who appears to be a mountain of a man, did a good job to come in and prevent the other team from further physical escalation with the umpire. The other team quickly defused under his shadow. He did a nice job of using his size to defuse. Well done, big fella.

did the pitcher say "GIVE ME YOUR FACE" HAHAHAHAHAHA

Baseball still suck ass...lmao😂😂😂

Rofl.....terrible call

The ump was ready to go home because that crying kid was getting under his skin.

Great video! What do you think of this ejection? czcams.com/users/shortsLY1jENTDSSE?si=Ybj8pchFpS6QkYRD

Do you have to try out for this league?

Dude, you stand a much better chance of getting a hit if you swing the bat. But if you choose not to (like you did here), that is all on you. Grow up and accept it.

I guess the question is what did he mean by saying “one f***ing time”? A) Mad at himself: “One f***ng time…….. just swing the bat B) Mad at Pitcher: “One f****ng time….. just throw me something to hit C) Mad at Ump: “One f****ing time….. just get the call right Considering he got tossed and just kept walking, I’m going with C). Knew what he was saying and didn’t object to getting tossed.

This is why i detest people.

Swing the bat! Or is this another case of Daddy coaching him every step along the way so he could play, while hearing how incredible he is?

Just another entitled high school punk, his parents should be ashamed

Can we at least cut the ends off the zip ties? Amateurs..

In all these videos, people keep acting like the umps are being treated poorly. There are thousands of these videos and every single one starts off with umps making absolutely horrible calls. Perhaps ump's should stop acting like they are God's. Throwing the starting pitcher out in a playoff game over a comment? Come on now that ump is just being a pussy

Hey E? So, Blue should just stand there and let the batter launch an F missile on him with impunity? What an umpire permits, an umpire promotes. If he doesn't eject here, he is telling everyone on that field that day that it's ok to verbally abuse an umpire with profanity because they disagree with the call. Profane, personal, or prolonged...if you push any of those buttons on an umpire, that's a textbook ejection at any level of baseball. I'm guessing there were no more problems on that field that day, yes?

I don't have any issue with the ejection. Umpire warned both teams about reactions and complaints about the strike zone, and it seems like the pitcher did something demonstrative and the umpire threw him out. Now, there are a TON of learning opportunities from this video. Lets start with the HPU. - needs to work on timing - he is making his strike call about the time the ball hits the mitt. Too fast. Wait a couple seconds, then give your call. This improved timing will help with perception that you aren't changing calls or double-guessing your calls. Watch the pitch to the mitt, make the call in your head, then come up, and signal it. - No issue with the warning of both teams regarding reactions to, or comments about the strike zone. It is actually the correct thing to do is to tell the coaches "This is your warning, if there is any additional complaining, then you or the player will be ejected" etc. Only opportunity would be to find the coach from the White team and give him the warning as well, not the batter (I think he warned the batter rather than find the coach). I like giving warnings like this to the coaches, let them manage their players. - On the ejection, take the emotion out of it, and don't walk towards the player you ejected. Call TIME, take your mask off, and eject the player, then just go about your business; no need to give him the stare down, interact with him, just take out your lineup card, make the notation, and move on. I think the umpire caused a portion of the escalation from the pitcher here; just eject and move on. - Now, I didn't see the whole game, and the sample size in the video is rather small to give feedback on the strike zone for the umpire. That being said, I will just give some general opinion on strike zone, and reducing complaints from either team. For everyone, calling balls and strikes is hard. Most people sit back in their sofa, watch the pitch-track box on TV and then can't believe an umpire missed the call etc. Sometimes certain pitches look good, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes that first pitch of the game comes in right at the bottom of the knee, and it just doesn't look good - so I call it a ball. Defense doesn't like it, they want that call, you will get some chirping, but then when the bottom of the 1st rolls around, and you call that same pitch for the visiting team's pitcher a ball, both teams understand where the zone is now and move on. In my experience, CONSISTENCY is what makes your strike zone good. If the low pitch doesn't look good, then it must not look good all game long, you can't come back and start calling it a strike in the 3rd inning, or that causes complaints. Now, coaches. I think the coach for the blue team did pretty well; his question didn't seem to be about the ejection, but about the calling of the game due to "contact" or aggressive behavior by the pitcher (absolutely unacceptable post-ejection behavior). That is a valid question; but here, if you're the umpires, and the head umpire (Home plate umpire) calls the game, you BOTH need to walk off immediately; not sit around. That is when things can get ugly fast. As the field umpire, you may not understand why, nor agree with why your partner ended the game, but he did, so you support him and walk off the field together; you can break it down and give feedback to each other post-game at your cars or at the pub or wherever you do your post-game reviews. I think the biggest skill an umpire needs to develop if they want to be successful is game management. That involves making your calls consistent, your attitude when addressing coaches/players, not being aggressive, clearing up confusion (not causing it) etc. My last bit of advice is an invitation for the fans/parents/people who watch the game and like to criticize the umpires. Before you do, come join us and try it. I promise it will change your outlook on umpires. Come put on the umpire uniform, call balls and strikes, call bang-bang plays in the field, be on the other side of crazy parents who don't actually understand the rules of baseball.

Tough Job For One Ump At This Age-Group.

Dude would get the hook at any level from Little League to MLB. I love the line "there was no arguing/complaining". You should probably mute the audio then, because we can all hear that ain't true.