eddieq
The Great and Powerful Q
OK, I guess this is directed at you seasoned umpires. A buddy of mine and I were catching up and discussing "old times" when he mentioned an incident at a softball game. This probably happened 20 years ago, but I'm curious as to what the proper action should have been by you fine men in blue
Situation - we're playing a league game, we are at bat and one of our guys smacks a stand up double that he stretches to a triple. There was a play on him at the bag and it was close, but the umpire ruled him safe. Their left fielder went nuts, spouting off, hollering about the "bad call", etc. Finally, he said, "Hey Ump! Pearl Vision has two for 100 bucks glasses!" and the ump said, "That's enough, you're gone!". The left fielder just started laughing at him and basically wouldn't come off the field. Eventually the umpire just said, "whatever, let's play". We ended up winning the game and I'm not bitching that he didn't make the guy leave, but what would/should an umpire do in that situation where a player is ejected and refuses to leave?
Situation - we're playing a league game, we are at bat and one of our guys smacks a stand up double that he stretches to a triple. There was a play on him at the bag and it was close, but the umpire ruled him safe. Their left fielder went nuts, spouting off, hollering about the "bad call", etc. Finally, he said, "Hey Ump! Pearl Vision has two for 100 bucks glasses!" and the ump said, "That's enough, you're gone!". The left fielder just started laughing at him and basically wouldn't come off the field. Eventually the umpire just said, "whatever, let's play". We ended up winning the game and I'm not bitching that he didn't make the guy leave, but what would/should an umpire do in that situation where a player is ejected and refuses to leave?