Bill Ross Ejections

	Name	Sport	Date	School	Notes
	Name	Sport	Date	School	Notes
	Bowne	Baseball	2017-04-06	East	I was the plate official on the first game of the three game set on Tuesday. Player number 16 for East got hit three times. He got frustrated all three times. However, he got hit because he crowds the plate and i told him so. He did not make any attempt to get out of the way. I told him that he was in a legal batting stance, but it was the reason he was getting hit. In pregame I told Jim that #16 was an emotional player and displayed frustration after getting hit on Tuesday and that we needed to watch him. In the bottom of the 4th inning #16 got hit for the second time during the current game. Apparently he got hit in the game the night before. When he got hit i immediately went in front of the plate to settle him down. He confirmed that it was the 6th time he was hit in 3 days. I told him in firm terms that while he was in a legal batting position he is getting hit because of his stance in the box. In the top of the 5th inning the East pitchers 1st pitch was in the ribs of a Highland player. My partner came to me and said he thought we should toss the pitcher #10 (Bowne). I asked him why and he said he heard the pitcher say, "I will handle this". Jim said he knew that meant the pitcher was going to throw at a batter. He said it was "my call". I thought about it for a moment and thought with the score 12-0 for Highland, the best thing to do was to see if we could settle the pitcher down and try and finish the game as this was the final inning. When Jim and I was discussing what to do the East pitcher said something like "I have to have my teammates back". We both heard it. He basically admitted he threw at the batter intentionally. At that point we had no choice but to eject him. The East High head coach verbally came to his players defense. Probably a combination of getting 10 runned in the current game and losing 3 games in 3 days to his rival contributed to his frustration. I chose to give him a written warning and not throw him from the game. The game finished without incidence.