Team forfeit rule

Chuck G.

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here is one for you...I'm an Asa umpire and I was playing ball in a league that has Nsa umps, we'll we had a situation where there were people on our side of the bench watching the game (not on the team or even playing) and was friends with 1 of our players...well some of them were barking at the umpire because he was calling a terrible strike zone and was all over...so my question is...is it a rule that the umpire has the right to give the team that these people are sitting on a warner to forfeit the game if they don't stop? Or does the umpire have no right or authority to do so? The ump said something to our manager and he said he cant control what these people are doing, they are not my players.
 
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