It's not the umpire's job to impart lessons ...

It's not the umpire's job to impart lessons ...
by CJC (2023-03-12 20:29:07)

In reply to: No criticism of the batters act? posted by ndgotrobbedin97

no matter how badly the lesson may be needed.

The umpire was completely out of bounds. If you want to talk about emboldening people, anything less than a suspension arguably would embolden other umpires to administer "tough lessons" any time their delicate egos got bruised.

Whatever may or may not be an appropriate response to the kid has absolutely nothing to do with determining the proper response to the umpire.

Replies:

Correct. If behavior warrants ejection, then eject. If not - tdiddy07 2023-03-16 21:24:51
Correct. And this shouldn't be controversial. - No Right Turn on Red 2023-03-12 23:53:24
I don't know many umps with delicate egos - ndgotrobbedin97 2023-03-12 23:09:14
- OK, let's look at the respective behavior ... - CJC 2023-03-13 00:05:47