Baseball Ejections

	Name	Date	School	Official	Notes
	Name	Date	School	Official	Notes
	Daniel Silva	2017-04-04	Cyprus	Anthony Warner	In the top of the third inning with one out and one runner on base, Cyprus hitter Jake Johnson (#9) came to bat. After taking the first pitch for a strike, Johnson requested for time to step out of the box and shake his head. As I told him to step back in the box, I heard Cyprus first base coach, Daniel Silva, yelling, while gesturing how he believes the catcher was catching the ball: "That's 8 feet outside. That's 8 feet outside." As Silva began walking down the line towards me, I told him to get back in his box and stop arguing. He again said, "That's 8 feet outside." I told him, "This is your warning for balls and strikes." As I returned to my position behind home plate, I again heard Silva yelling, "That's 8 feet outside." It was at this time I had told Silva he was restricted to the dugout. Right before entering the dugout, Silva looked at me and said "Is this far enough or is this a strike too?" It was at this point I ejected Silva from the game. Following the ejection, Silva came out to the field and began asking, "Is this real life? Is this real life? Is this your first game?" In the bottom of the fourth inning, my partner Aaron Harris, heard Silva making comments about me being horrible. Aaron told Silva he needs to leave the premises, and Silva remained just outside the dugout. After the game, Aaron informed me that he, along with many players and fans, heard Silva call me a "weak ass pussy".
	Dave Roberts	2017-03-07	South Sevier	Paul Husselbee	With Enterprise runners on second base during the bottom of the first inning, the South Sevier second baseman repeatedly tried to hold the runners close by yelling, "Back, back!" and "Ball, ball, ball!" in their direction as he jockeyed back and forth between the bag and his position. Near the end of the inning, an Enterprise coach asked me if this was legal. I said, "Why do you ask?" and he responded, "Because I think it is verbal obstruction." I considered it and approached my partner, plate umpire John Voss, to ask his opinion. We agreed to monitor the situation. As a courtesy, I mentioned to South Sevier first base coach Dave Roberts before the second inning began that what the second baseman was doing might be considered verbal obstruction. He asked what that meant. I said that, just as a fielder cannot deceive a baserunner by faking a tag, he also cannot verbally obstruct a runner in an attempt to create confusion or deceive the runner. He asked how this would be determined and what could happen if the player were judged to be guilty of verbal obstruction. I said that, like all such calls, it was the umpire's judgment, and that by rule a retired runner who had been obstructed verbally could be called safe or awarded bases. At the end of the second inning, South Sevier head coach Ron Cropper asked to meet with both umpires. He argued that there was no such thing as verbal obstruction because he couldn't find it in the rule book. He thrust the rule book at me and said, "Show me the rule." I was preparing to oblige him by turning to Rule 2-22-1 [which reads, "Obstruction is an act (intentional or unintentional, as well as ­physical or verbal) by a fielder, any member of the defensive team or its team ­personnel that hinders a runner"] when Coach Cropper became accusatory, argumentative, and belligerent. At that point, I said, "We're done here, Coach," and walked away. As I assumed Position A to begin the top of the third inning, Coach Roberts left the coaching box and continued to dispute the point. I said, "Coach, we're done here, and you need to return to the coaching box." When he continued to approach me, I raised my left hand in the typical umpire's "that's enough" gesture (with the palm vertically facing Coach Roberts) and said, "You and I are done here, Coach. You need to get back in the coaching box." Coach Roberts walked up to me and continued to argue, even though I repeated the same words to him at least three more times: "Coach, we're done here. Get back in the coaching box." When he refused to go back to the coaching box and continued to argue, I said, "Coach, you are restricted to the dugout for the balance of the game." Coach Roberts responded, "I'd rather leave than stay here and listen to this crap!" I ejected him and restricted Coach Cropper to the dugout for the balance of the game.
	Mike	2017-03-11	Parowan	Mike Criswell	Parowan assistant coach was ejected in the top of the 8th inning after coming out with the varsity HC of dugout to argue call at first. Assistant coach along with HC were both restricted to dugout by base umpire gary scholes. i walked Parowan Hc to dugout explain what was expected with no issues but then the assistant startes up again calling the call BS and then calling Base Umpire Gary Scholes an idiot in which i proceeded to eject the assistant coach from the field. Parowan staff complied with all directions and dugouts restrictions without arguement.
	Nick Scott	2017-03-11	Skyline	Dax Upton	In the bottom of the fifth inning, Orem was batting and Skyline was pitching. Number 3, Scott, was pitching at the time. The bench was consistently arguing balls and strikes at which point I issued a balls and strikes warning to the head coach and the bench stating, "I've heard enough, that's your balls and strike warning, we are done." Eric said no worries I will make sure my guys knock it off, sorry they got out of hand. As I walked back to the dirt circle the pitcher #3 looked at me and said, "come on blue get with it." At that point I reminded him that I just finished warning the bench about balls and strikes and that included him, we were done arguing balls and strikes. play resumed. in the bottom of the 6th inning, same pitcher, Orem was at bat. with 1 out and a 2-1 count, a pitch came in low, and after I called the ball, he began to walk back to the mound and decided to turn back towards me and said come on blue! are you serious?! At that point, I issued the ejection due to the backlash directed towards me regarding the comments and also in reference to the previous warning. Note: He did serve his one game suspension on Saturday 3/11 for the 12:30 pm game when they played Wasatch High School at Utah Valley University. He as well as his catcher and his coach came to me and apologized for his actions post game.
	Head Coach Weiss	2017-03-24	Syracuse	Troy Kolan	It all began early in the game when thebhead coach from Syracuse was upset about a pick off play at first base in which his player was called out. He began yelling across the diamond. The next call he was upset about came a few innings later on a check swing that his player was called out on. He once again started yelling across the diamond even though his own assistant confirmed to him his player had swung. In the 6th one of his players was picked off again at first, in which he ran across the diamond to argue. In the seventh he came out on the field again to ask about an out called at first. I told him the player was out. He replied and told me and I quote, "I am fucking horrible." Upon this comment he was ejected. Upon leaving he said 2 more F words which were heard by the home plate umpire and players in the infield. He also was not compliant in leaving the vicinity of the field.
	Dusty Neilsen, assistant coach.	2017-04-05	Cottonwood	Ken Avery	This game was very intense, with several incidents leading up to the ejection. Both teams and coaching staffs were warned to control themselves after coaches from each team converged to argue with each other after a player from Bingham allegedly had words with a player from Cottonwood. Neither me nor Thomas heard any derogatory comments that led to this incident. This event occurred after the bottom half of the 7th inning ended, close to the Bingham dugout. In addition, the coaches from Cottonwood had become increasingly vocal as the game progressed about their displeasure with the strike zone and other disputed calls. The warning to the teams was given by UIC Thomas Paxton, to settle the coaches down and try to restore some calm and control to the game. In the top of the 10th inning, Bingham had a runner on 2nd with less than 2 outs. As the field umpire, I was in the C position. The batter hit a deep fly ball to center field, and the runner on 2nd recognized that the ball would not be caught, and headed for third, rounded third, and scored. I watched the fly ball, and Thomas, being the plate ump, tracked the runner. When the play ended, Cottonwood appealed at third base that the runner missed third. The third baseman looked at me after he touched third base on the appeal, and the Cottonwood coaches looked at me, as if I was the umpire responsible for tracking the runner around third. I pointed to Thomas, who ruled the runner safe, that he touched 3rd base. At that point, Cottonwood’s assistant coach, Dusty Neilsen, was standing in the dugout entrance, and started yelling at Thomas. He started by yelling, “why are you making that call. That’s not your call, you weren’t even watching the play, you didn’t see that, you’re horrible, you’ve been horrible all day, this game is too fast for you, you aren’t even paying attention,” and comments similar to that – directed at Thomas. Thomas looked toward the dugout, and made the assumption that head coach Jason Crawford was the one making derogatory comments, and told Jason he was restricted to the dugout. The assistant coach said, “that’s me saying those things, not him.” So Thomas ejected the assistant coach, and restricted Jason to the dugout.
	Dusty Nielsen	04-05-2017	Cottonwood	Thomas Paxton	I was the plate umpire and my partner, Ken Avery, was the field umpire. To provide context, I will discuss two incidents before I discuss the incident resulting in the Cottonwood assistant coach's ejection and the head coach's restriction to the bench. (1) In the bottom of the 3rd (or perhaps 4th) inning, incidental contact between the batter-runner and the first baseman occurred on a play at first base. This incident resulted in player warnings to the batter-runner (Cottonwood player #27 Hayden Rosenkrantz) and the first baseman (Bingham player #35 Nick Burdette) after both players "stared each other down" and words were exchanged between them (though I did not hear the words that were exchanged). (2) At the conclusion of the seventh inning, after Cottonwood tied the game 5-5, an incident between the third-base coach for Cottonwood and the Bingham bench occurred. Several players from both teams, almost all of Cottonwood's coaches, and some of Bingham's coaches were involved in the incident (which occurred mostly in foul territory in front of Bingham's dugout). I did not witness the initial conduct by Cottonwood's coach or Bingham's bench. From my perspective, once the 7th inning concluded and the game was continuing into extra innings, the teams were changing from offense to defense without incident. I would estimate that the dispute started more than 20-30 seconds after the conclusion of the inning. Once I saw the dispute occurring, my partner and I immediately attempted to, and did, restore order. The incident was entirely verbal--no punches or physical contact between the teams occurred. Cottonwood's coaches were restraining Cottonwood's third-base coach, and I was unable to determine who was "involved" from Bingham's dugout--other than several Bingham coaches were attempting to restore order. No players or coaches were ejected or restricted following the incident, but both teams were warned that any further actions would result in ejections/restrictions to players and/or coaches. In the top of the 10th inning, with zero outs (or one out) and one strike to the batter, Mr. Nielsen made several statements that merited ejection based on arguing ball/strike and prior calls. [For instance, Jason Crawford (Cottonwood's head coach) disputed a call on the playing field for failure to either touch or tag-up at third base on a base hit (he instructed the pitcher to make a dead ball appeal at third base); obviously, no tag-up is required on a base hit, the runner was on second base at the time of the pitch, and he touched third base. Mr. Crawford realized his error during our discussion and returned to the dugout.] Mr. Nielsen said, among other things: "[Y]ou don't know what you're doing"; "[T]hat's not even your call"; and "You're terrible." I called time and ejected Mr. Crawford for these statements; however, Mr. Crawford stated that it was Mr. Nielsen who made the comments. (This was accurate because Mr. Crawford was at the end of the dugout near first base and Mr. Nielsen was nearest me in the dugout.) Accordingly, I ejected Mr. Nielsen for these statements, and I restricted Mr. Crawford to the bench for the remainder of the game.
	ALA Pitcher #22...Hone	2017-04-04	American Leadership Academy	Kevin D DeAdder	Pitcher put a disproportionally aggressive tag on runner 5' from 1st base. Runner reacted by lowering shoulder to brace for the contact. Runner was called "out" and turned toward grass/1st base Coaches box. Pitcher maintained contact with runner well after initial play to deliver unsportsmanlike excessive physical contact. Partner and I deemed it to be malicious contact and justified an ejection.
	Bowne	2017-04-06	East	Bill Ross	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.
	Woodland	2017-04-07	Dixie	Matt Hirschi	In a close ball game in the Top of the 5th, I called strike 3 on a curveball on the inside corner at the knees while #20 Woodland was at bat. After I called strike 3, he turned and looked at me and Said "Holy shit blue, F**k.
	Conner Hughes	2017-04-11	Jordan	John Golom	In the top of the 5th inning with one (1) out, Hughes struck out on a called third strike. Walking away from the plate, Hughes turned back, looked at me and said, "That's bullshit." I ejected him from the game and explained the reason to the Jordan Coach. The game continued without incident.
	Race Nielson	2017-04-11	Emery	Jim Ruybalid-Farmington, NM	Bench and Field Conduct. Rule 3,Sec.3,art.1.l Upon Striking out on a swinging 3rd strike Player deliberately slammed his bat so hard into the ground it broke. Comments made during this and at his time at bat were also demeaning & unsportsmanlike.
	Corbin Richards	2017-04-14	Roy	Rick Brenkmann	In the top of the 6th, with two outs and Roy leading Clearfield 7 to 4, Corbin was batting, had a 0 and 1 count. The pitch was a called strike, and the batter looked back at me behind the plate and said, "you're a shitty ass umpire." Ejected the player, informed Coach Flint, and a new player replaced the ejected player to finish the at bat.
	Viertel	2017-04-20	Timpview	Craig Gaines	In the top of the 2nd inning,#24 (Timpview) came in as a speed up runner for the pitcher (#28). #24 was on third base when the batter laid down a bunt towards 3rd base. The Provo pitcher fielded the ball and threw it to the catcher. The catcher caught the ball when #24 was about 4-5 feet from home plate. #24 made no attempt to slide or avoid the catcher. #24 brought his arms up into a blocking position (not a protective position) on his chest, and ran into the Provo catcher, extending his arms and pushing the catcher backwards. #24 was called out on the play and immediately ejected for malicious contact. Both coaches were notified of the ejection with no argument from either coach. (Varsity game between Timpview @ Provo. Partner was Leland Slaughter).
	Danny Christensen	2017-04-21	North Sanpete	Justin Tucker	Please see my email to Jeff Cluff on April 21
	Danny Christiansen	4/21/2017	North Sanpete	Justin Tucker	On Friday April 21, 2017, I ejected head coach Danny Christiansen, the head coach of North Sanpete, from his game versus Carbon County. It was the first game of a double header. In seven years of umpiring high school baseball I have never ejected a coach before for baseball. Nor, have I ever thrown one from any of the college games I have officiated. Here are the facts. Between the second and the third innings Coach Christiansen was not happy with a strike three call I made. While walking a few feet behind home plate from his position as third base coach he said this to the exiting batter, “this guy has no idea what he’s doing, he better give us that strike too.” I said I’m not going to argue balls and strikes with you today coach. He replied by saying, “I was talking to my player.” I said of course you were, that why you said it a few feet behind home plate looking directly at me. I then reiterated were not going to argue balls and strikes today. He turned and walked to the dugout. In the third inning, there was a play at home plate. I was in position. The runner slid with the tag being a swipe tag shoulder high. The runner slid under the tag and the tag missed. It was an easy call and I signaled and said safe. I did not expect a reaction. Since it wasn’t a very close play and shoulder high tags that runners slide under usually don’t provoke much controversy. However, this was not the case. Coach Christiansen was quick to exit the dugout and confront me. He didn’t even address the play at home initially. He said, I can’t believe you missed that call the last game, (I assume he was speaking about a game last week I umpired). I said, we are not discussing past games and if he had a question about this game to please ask it. Or go back to the dugout. He said this, “I know you don’t know what you are doing, that’s obvious, but why would you call that kid safe?” I considered ejecting him there, but said instead. Your catcher missed the tag and the runner slid under it anyway. Then I issued him a verbal warning. I told him this. I will not tolerate any more personal insults. I will discuss a play or a rule interpretation with you, but that’s it. He then asked his catcher if he tagged the runner. The catcher said yes. I said he missed the tag and the discussion was over. I asked the coach to return to his dugout. Coach Christiansen returned to the dugout. In the top half of the fourth, I heard the Carbon County Coach and Mount Pleasant’s left fielder having a heated discussion. My partner Phil Jones took care of the situation. The left fielder from Mt. Pleasant had yelled an expletive at a Carbon Player and this upset the Carbon Coach. I did not hear the entire exchange so I let Phil handle it. In the top of the 5th inning there was a play at second. The runner at first tried to steal. Phil called the runner safe. It looked like the right call from where I was standing at home. Of course, it was a judgment call and Coach Christensen didn’t like it. He came out of the dugout and approached Phil (Phil can tell you what he told you if he wants to). What I heard of it, it wasn’t nice or appropriate. They had a heated conversation followed by the coach turning around walking away. When he came near the foul line he looked at Phil and I and said this: “You two are the worst umpires I have ever seen, you both suck. You can’t get any call right. I will make sure you never work here again. Your both idiots.” I approached the dugout and told the coach he was receiving a written warning and was restricted to the dugout. I also told him that I do not umpire games to please the head coach so he will invite me back. I officiate my games fairly. If he thinks he can influence the way I call games by threating to ban me. He was barking up the wrong tree. I told him that any more personal remarks about either umpire, any more attempts to influence our calls in an unethical manner, or any more disagreements about any judgments calls will result in his ejection. I said I had been more than fair and would not take any more. In the bottom half of the inning he left the dugout to coach third base. I told him he was restricted and had to return. He said, “are you kidding me?” I said no and he returned to the dugout. His father, the assistant coach then approached me and said Coach Christiansen was having problems with his wife and not to take it personal. I said that wasn’t an excuse to act like this at a game. In the top sixth inning I had two Sanpete fans tell me then were going to kick my ass after the game. I had no idea who said it since it was during live action and I was watching the play. I just pretended that I didn’t hear it. In the bottom of the seventh inning, I called strike three on the first batter (number 8). Coach Christiansen yelled from the dugout at the top of his lungs. “This game isn’t about you.” The batter walked away saying you suck ump.. I ejected coach Christiansen at this point. He refused to leave. He walked into a storage room connected to the dugout until my partner Phil Jones told him he had to leave the facility. When Phil walked over player number 2 from Sanpete said, its ok guys we have to beat the umpires too. It was a tense situation. The fans starting yelling at this point. I ignored their comments. Coach Christensen finally left temporarily, but did not seem to understand being ejected meant you had to leave the facility. My partner Phil had to tell him at least three times to leave the field. He would leave and come back, then leave and come back. At one point during the following game, he went into the opposing team’s dugout and talked to the opposing coach for an inning. We finished the first game and the one after. We had no more altercations with the head coach. However, he alternated between hovering around the field and leaving for short periods of time. Any questions please let me know. Justin Tucker 719-588-9967 jtucker06@law.du.edu
	1st Baseb coach	4/21/2017	Hurricane	Dave Showalter	Date 4/21/2017 Location Snow Canyon High School Snow Canyon vs Hurricane Varsity Game Top of 6th Inning One Out with a runner on First Base Batter hits a popup directly over the 1st base bag, the runner who was leading off retreats to stand on 1st base. The first baseman moves back into foul territory but when the ball comes down approximately two feet behind the bag in fair territory he reaches into fair territory to try to catch the ball. The ball goes into and back out of his glove creating a no catch situation. My partner, Anthony Sciafani, correctly signals fair ball. The first baseman tags R1 and then the batter runner. I call R1 out and the batter runner safe as his foot is on first base. The Hurricane coach at 1st base starts yelling that the ball was foul and no one should be out. I tell him to quiet down and stay back while I talk to my partner. Anthony and I converse and we both have exactly the same situation (fair ball and R1 out). I signal that R1 is out and the batter runner is safe on 1st. The Hurricane head coach comes to the first baseline from the 3rd base coaches box and argues with both Anthony and myself that it was a foul ball. We explained to him what we both had and now the first base coach comes up behind us and starts yelling. I tell him to go back to his coaching box and to stay there. After the head coach starts back to the 3rd base coaching box I start up the infield to return to my B position. The first base coach crosses the foul line and begins yelling at me again. As I approach him with the intention of restricting him to the dugout he starts to walk briskly towards home plate and begins yelling at my partner. I tell him to stop right there and he turns and at the top of his lungs yells “you two are absolutely terrible and need to go back to school and learn how to umpire, you stink”. At this point I ejected him and explained to the head coach that he was now restricted to the dugout. The head coach complied with no further incident. Dave Showalter
	Britton Esplin	4/21/2017	Hurricane	Anthony Sclafani	Ejection Report Date 4/21/2017 Snow Canyon High School Hurricane Jv VS Snow Canyon Jv 430 p.m. Bottom of the 4th inning One out, runner on first. Im working in the "B" position. R1 attempts to steal second. The throw appears to arrive on time, however the tag is swiped on the top back half of the bag, and the R1 head first slides into the bag, untouched by the 2nd basemen (#12 Britton Esplin) glove. I make the call "SAFE". The second baseman showes me his glove and Says " I caught the ball". I responded " I see that! However, you have to tag the runner not the bag." He precedes to be upset and make comments like " you've got to get that right." I immediately warned him and said " if you want to stay in this game you better keep your comments to yourself. " At this time the head coach came out running toward me and met me in the "C" position, to ask me what I had. I calmly explained that the "runner was not taged by the second baseman, so he is safe at second." He then turned and walked away. Play then resumed, two pitches later the batter hits a double scoring R2 from second. At that time I hear behind me " That runs on you!". I turned and asked the second baseman what did you say? And "HE REPEATED IT AGAIN LOOKING DIRECTLY AT ME AND SAID "THAT RUNS ON YOU"! I then told him "your done in this game." I turned to the visitors dugout and told the coach to find a new second baseman cause this one out here is done. They replaced him and the game continued with no more issues. Anthony M. Sclafani
	Alex Fitch	2017-05-02	Kearns	Russ Gehman	Bottom of the first, I call a strike on the knees. Ball Player (Alex Fitch) says "that's bull shit". I said "Now you know what to swing at". Ball Player says "that's bull shit". I say nothing Then Ball Player says "you don't even call strikes right down the middle". At this point I ejected him.
	Thomas	05 02 2017	Grantsville	Gino Busico	Thomas, #34, playing for Grantsville, has been called out, and disqualified himself, for contact at the plate, with the catcher, of Ridgeline, and the malicious contact rule,in the first game of the subvarsity double header.
	Makia Maclellan	05022017	Pine View	Anthony M. Sclafani	Top of 5th inning Snow Canyon leads 11 to 1, with one out, runners on 2nd and 1st. Hard hit grounder to 3b, with runners going on the pitch, 3B throws over to first for the second out. R2 (#16 Makia Maclellan) round third and heads for home. 1B throws to catcher, ball arrives at home clearly before the runner, about 7-8 feet up the line the catcher plants himself for the tag. R2 clearly drops his shoulder and plows through the catcher maintaining possession of the ball to make a tag, for the third and final out of the game. At this time both benches cleared and my partner(Matt Hirschi)and I along with both coaching staffs successfully corralled and calmed all the players down without any further altercation. I then went to the visitors dugout and spoke to head coach Troy. I told him that I felt that play was uncalled for and unsportsmanlike, and the player was now disqualified for the rest of the contest. Troy thought that the catcher was up the line a ways however he agreed with me on the decision of the ejection. My partner and I observed the game ending handshakes and felt that both teams handled themselves very appropriately. I would like to commend both coaching staffs for a fine job of policing there own players to avoid more conflict.
	Colton Easton	2017-05-03	Lone Peak	Scott Tittrington	Use of profanity while arguing balls and strikes following strikeout in bottom of the fifth inning.
	Corry -- Lone Peak assistant coach	2017-05-03	Lone Peak	Scott Tittrington	Assistant coach repeated arguing of balls and strikes in bottom of fifth inning after having already received a warning to stop doing so.
	Boston Miller	2017-05-05	Dixie	John Voss	#33 Miller, the courtesy runner for the pitcher attempted to score in the bottom of the fourth. He lowered his shoulder maliciously crashing into the Cedar catcher who was holding the ball. He was called out and ejected. No further incidents resulted.
	Alex	5/5/17	Kearns	Todd Skeen	After a inning ending ground by by #3 for Kearns (Alex). I went back to my spot between 1st and 2nd at the edge of the grass.#3 Alex come out to his position at 2nd base and he starts to tell the SS that I must of went to the $20.00 umpire school. so I told him to be careful and that was enough. then he went on to make more comments (Quote) this guy has ruined our season and is a joke so once again I say #3 be careful. he then goes on to say this is Fucking bullshit he has blown 4 calls. I once again tell him enough the whole time this is going on the right fielder, the kid warming up the right fielder and first baseman are telling him to stop. then he says and I quote again you fucking suck. so I decide I've done what I can to try and keep him in the game by giving him 3 chances and toss him when he started getting personal. its unfortunate that a kid has to be thrown out but this situation wasn't going to get any better. Come to find out this same kid was tossed earlier in the week so its pretty easy to see he didn't learn from the first one. I completely understand the heat of the game and fill like I gave him more then a fair chance to stay in the game. Todd Skeen
	Chris Kelly	2017-05-05	Snow Canyon	Paul Husselbee	In the top of the fifth inning, Coach Kelly was in the third-base coaching box with a runner on first base and no outs. The batter-runner hit into a double play. The backside of the double play was a "banger." I called the runner out, and I am confident in that call, but I concede that it was a close play. Coach Kelly charged across the infield to dispute the call. He argued that the batter-runner beat the throw. I did not respond, but merely listened. Experience has taught me that responding to Coach Kelly does nothing more than escalate the dispute, so I allowed him to vent. He asked me if I would go to the plate umpire for "help." I declined to do so because I was -- and still am -- confident that I had made a correct call. After I had allowed Coach Kelly to vent, I asked him, "Are you done?" He yelled, "No, I'm not done!" and continued to berate me, inciting the fans as he did so. After several more minutes, he began repeating himself and I said, "Okay, Coach, now you're done." He responded, "I'm done when I say I'm done!" I said, "No, you're done now if you want to stay in this game." Coach Kelly turned to walk away. As he did so, he yelled back over his shoulder, "You're horrible! You're brutal!" I felt I had given Coach Kelly plenty of latitude; there was no need to be personal by making "you" statements as he walked away. So I said, "Coach, you are now restricted to the dugout for the balance of the game." He turned back and said, "No, I'm not," and defiantly walked toward the third-base coaching box after he had been restricted to the dugout. At that point, I ejected him. Coach Kelly charged back across the infield, berating and demeaning me with additional personal comments. I turned and walked away; he followed me to the outfield and continued to yell, again inciting the fans seated outside the fence along the right-field line. Coach Kelly did not vacate the dugout for nearly five minutes after being ejected; he refused to leave the confines of the field even after being instructed to do so. I know that an ejection carries with it a mandatory suspension, but I believe further disciplinary action is warranted in this case. Coach Kelly's behavior today was a disgrace to his school and a poor example for the young men he is supposed to be teaching as he coaches. What I find most alarming is that he seems to believe his behavior is permissible and even justified; that is, he appears to believe that his arguing and yelling, his demeaning, defiant behavior, and his attempts to intimidate officials through personal attacks are justified if a call goes against his team. Behavior like the spectacle Coach Kelly presented today is NEVER justified, and it is time that someone -- the principal, the athletic director, or the UHSAA supervisor of officials -- put a stop to it.
	unknown	2017-05-06	Pleasant Grove	Ken Avery	I was behind the plate, 1st game of the Saturday double-header. #27 for PG was on base in the top of the 3rd inning. After a base hit, he was rounding 3rd base, heading home at full speed. The throw came in, the Herriman catcher caught it and slid over to block the plate. #27 lowered his shoulder and plowed the catcher over. He ran into the catcher shoulder first. I ejected him for malicious contact. #27 for PG did not play in the second game of the DH.
	Coach McIntosh	2017-05-16	Syracuse	Phil Leonard	Top of the 7th inning, Syracuse on offense. Runner on 3rd score 3-1 for Roy, 1 out Batter for Syracuse hits a slow grounder down 1st base line.. Pitcher picks up ball and runs down the line in head of the batter/runner and steps on 1st. Dave Dominguez called the runner out. Runner on 3rd scored and score was 3to2. Coach McIntosh was the 1st base coach, came onto the field from his coaches box to argue the call. He directed his comments to Dave , and I was told he said that was a fucking terrible call. I was ready to resume play at home when Dave called time out and said he has ejected Mr. McIntosh. I walked toward Dave and asked him to leave the field. Mr McIntosh turned and faced me and called me a dump fuck. I asked him to continue leaving the field and he called me a dumb fuck again and spit at me. I told him he had probable coached his last game in Utah high school sports. He walked toward his doughout and I told him to leave the confines of the field. Coach Weese walked from his 3rd base box and asked me what he said, and I told him. Mr McIntosh disappeared behind the dougout, and I told coach Weese he had to leave the confines of the field. The game resumed and the 3rd out was called, game ended. Roy 3 Syracuse 2 Their were no other incidents in the game, smooth until then. On the way home. Coach Weese called me and said he was sorry for incident, and wanted to know he was able to coach the next game. I told him as far as I know no sanctions against him
	Coach Mcintosh	2017-05-16	Syracuse	David Dominguez	Game situation:Syracuse at Roy Top of the seventh/score 3-1 for Roy / 1 out /syracuse runner on third. Up to this point in the game absolutely no issues from either coach or players. Slow grounder to first - pitcher fields ball - pitcher was going slow and the syracuse runner was catching up. A very close play at first - I called the batter/runner out. The first base coach comes running on the field saying I missed the call. He is yelling how could I miss it. I allow it for a few seconds (It was a close call so I was OK with him venting for a second). We were starting to resume play - I was in "A" and he was in the coaches box- Score is now 3 - 2 for Roy. He continued to say what terrible call, I then said "That's enough" - At this point I heard him say "What a fucking bad call" I wasn't 100% sure if I heard it correctly so I turned and looked at him. He then repeated it was fucking terrible. I was in the process of calling time, trying to notify Phil, with the intention of warning / restricting the coach to the dugout when he said "What are you doing, you dumbfuck?" At this point I ejected him and he proceeded to call me a dumbfuck again. On his way out he also had words for Phil, but he can describe. For what it is worth, after the game Nate Weese (Syracuse Head Coach)approached me and I willingly told him I would talk to him. I started to describe the play when Nate said he wasn't worried about the call, just the actions of his assistant coach. I told Nate what happened and he was very professional and understanding. At no point before or after this incident did Nate ever say or do anything unsportsman like. This sucked by the way.
	Head Coach	2017-08-04	West Ridge Academy	Matt Hirschi	At 3:46 pm, at the end of the previous game in the tournament, my partner and I were exiting the field and were asked by the Head Coach of the team now taking the field what time we planned on starting the next game that was scheduled for 4 pm. My partner told him that we planned on returning to the field right away and beginning the next game so that we could keep the tournament moving along. We didnt feel that this was too much to ask. Both teams had already been at the site of the game for about an hour. At 3:56 pm we returned to the field and I asked that for each Head Coach to join us at the plate meeting. Green River's head coach joined us and provided his lineup card. As I was going through his lineup the Head Coach from West Ridge Academy started to voice his concerns that we had not given his team the proper amount of time to warm up. I let him know that we would not start the game until 4 PM. 4 PM was the scheduled start time. He then let me know he had been promised 15 minutes to warm his team up after the last game had ended. I informed him that he would be given that amount of time seeing the the other game had ended at 3:46 pm. He was not happy with my explanation and proceeded to let his opinion of me become public and told me that I was a joke of an official. He was then ejected from the ball game and refused to give his assistant Coach the lineup to finish the plate meeting. He continued to argue while refusing to leave the field. At 4:02 he then exited the dugout and approached the home plate area that My partner, I and the Head Coach from Green River were standing. He then told me that he was going to write a report and make a phone call to a buddy of his and use some pull to make sure that I would never umpire again. He argued for a few more minutes and was again encouraged to leave the field so we could beging the ball game. At 4:06 pm he returned from making a phone call to tell me that he had contacted an administrator to come remove me from the field and they would play the game without me. I informed him that I would not begin the ballgame with him still at the field. He then let me know that he was taking his team home. At this moment I declared the ball game over and left the field.
	Assistant coach	2018-03-09	Pine View	Tracy Poulsen	In the bottom of the 3rd inning I struck a pine view batter out on a curve ball for the 3rd out and the assistant coach in between innings was shaking his head at me and for the next 2 batters from park city he was still shaking his head. I looked over, called time and told him that was enough he turned away from me and told me to shut up. I tossed him after that.
	Nick Bowne	2018-03-10	East	Jose (Joe) Lopez ( Plate )	A right handed batter, while at bat the count of 2 and 2 the next pitch came in high and tight. Making it now 3 and 2. He then mumbled a few words toward the pitcher. I called time, on my own. The manager from 3rd ( Steve ) Called him over. They spoke a minute. I know that ( Steve is handling it ) A pitching coach ( Jamie ) from Cyprus went out to talk to his pitcher. In returning back to his dugout he turned towrad the East Manager and said a a few words. The next pitch went behind him for ball 4. He glarded at the pitcher while going toward 1st. A few play's later the inning is over. Now East on defense and this #6 returning to the mound from the prior inning. With a few batters on base and then #6 decided to turn toward the third base dugout and walk toward, that dugout. Steve requested Time-out and I granted it. Prior to his next delivery. While Steve was approaching him at the pitchers mound the #6 facing his coach. MOUTHED OUT FUCK THEM THEY STARTED IT. At that time I ejected #6.
	Fisher Hermansen	2018-03-13	Orem	David Moore	A relief pitcher came in to warmup to pitch for Orem, in between innings. The catcher was in the dugout getting ready, so the pitcher was being warmed up by the head coach. The pitcher threw 10 warm-up pitches before the catcher came out. I called for batter up as the catcher came out. At the end of the next half inning the assistant coach, Fisher Hermansen, stopped at the plate on his way to the dugout and angrily asked why I didn’t let his pitcher warm up. He was within a foot of me, so I stepped back and responded “He warmed up, he threw 10 pitches.” He began being loud and challenging about how ridiculous it was that I didn’t let him warm up. I asked him to stop, he refused and continued being loud and pointing at me and the mound and the dugout verbally attacking me personally. I warned him that if he didn’t stop, he would be restricted, and gave him a verbal warning. He finally stopped and headed to the dugout. I informed the Head Coach his assistant had been given a warning. The head coach asked me why, and as I started to give him a brief explanation, Fisher interrupted and began loudly complaining again. I immediately restricted him, but he wouldn’t stop being loud, and complaining. I then ejected him and informed him of the ejection. The Head Coach heard the ejection conversation. Head coach never attempted to get Fisher to stop. I informed the head coach because Fisher was ejected he as head coach was by rule, now restricted to the dugout. He complied and went to the dugout.
	Gage Carson	2018-03-16	Jordan	MIKE SODERBORG	I was forced to eject a Jordan player, #21 Gage Carson, in game one of the 6th inning of a Riverton and Jordan double header. #21 was in violation of rule 10-1-6, unsportsmanlike conduct. #21 was up to bat with 0 balls and 2 strikes as a count. #21 was caught looking at a strike 3 pitch with no swing. As #21 headed back to the dugout he looked back and made eye contact with me as the home plate umpire and said "that is a bullshit strike three call". #21 was immediately ejected. I notified my umpire partner Kieth Worsley, Chad Fife the head coach for Jordan and Jay Applegate the head coach for Riverton. #21 did not play in game 2 of the double header. Rule 10-1-ART. 6 ... No umpire may be replaced during a game unless he becomes ill or is injured. His right to disqualify players or to remove nonplayers for objecting to decisions or for Unsportsmanlike conduct is absolute. Ejections will be made at the end of playing action.
	Park City Varsity Head Coach	2018-03-22	Park City	MIKE SODERBORG	I ejected the Varsity Head Coach for Park City in game one of the 3rd inning at Grantsville. The Varsity Head Coach was in violation 3-3-1f 2 and the offense was judged to be major, in which case an ejection occurred. During the third inning of game one with Grantsville at bat, R1 at first base and one out. The batter hit a line drive in the gap between center and left field. On the hit, R1 advanced from first base to third base. The throw from the cutoff to third base was high and the tag was applied after R1 was judged to be safe on the slide at third base. After the play at third, the Park City Head Coach walked from the third base dugout to what is considered umpire C position on the field. The coach asked me “What did you have on the play at third base” my response was “I had the runner safe, coach”. The coach replied with “You have to give me more than that blue”. I repeated my original response “I had the runner safe, coach”. The coach replied with “Are you holding the play at third base against me for what happened last year”? My response was “I have no idea what you are talking about coach”. The coach replied with “You are holding it against me and you do not have to be a dick about it”. The coach was immediately ejected.
	S Sullivan	2018-03-22	Milford	Matt Hirschi	With one out in the Bottom of the 6th inning and a score of 8-3 Beaver, Milford was batting. There was a play at the plate that drew the catcher away from the plate to catch the ball. After he caught the ball, the catcher dove toward the plate to make a tag. Seeing that the catcher was on the ground, #2, S. Sullivan, leaped over the catcher and the plate. The catcher then jumped on his feet to make a tag. The runner (#2) was past the plate and found himself with no option. The catcher was between the runner and the plate with possession of the ball in his glove. The runner stood still while he was tagged out. After being tagged out the runner punched the catcher in the head, who was still wearing his helmet. The force of the blow knocked the catchers glasses to the ground. Due to his actions following the tag, #2 S. Sullivan was ejected from the ball game.
	Chris Kelly	2018-03-24	Snow Canyon	Paul Husselbee	At the plate meeting before the game began, I asked the Snow Canyon and Shadow Ridge head coaches for help with three points of emphasis: sportsmanship, pace of play, and safety. In terms of sportsmanship, I was specific about assistant coaches not yelling at the umpires, especially from the dugouts or the coaching boxes. In terms of safety, I asked that everyone not participating in the game be inside the dugout. I was specific about this. I said, "Anyone not in the coaching boxes, the on-deck circle, or on the field must be inside the dugout." To avoid confrontation, I told the head coaches that if anyone who did not fit that description was outside the dugout, I would just step back from behind the plate and wait for them to comply. In the top of the 1st inning, one of the Snow Canyon assistant coaches was standing just outside the dugout steps. I stepped back and waited. Someone else on the coaching staff told him to get inside the dugout, and he did. We continued the game amid grumbling from the Snow Canyon bench about why I had "such a hard-on" for Snow Canyon. I let it pass. After I swept off the plate to begin the bottom of the 1st, I looked briefly at both benches to be sure everyone was inside. Snow Canyon assistant coach Ken Burr was standing next to the fence just beyond the first-base dugout, which was Snow Canyon's side of the field. I stepped back and waited for him. When he didn't move, I said, "Coach, I need you in the dugout, please." He immediately began screaming at me that he was coaching first base and that I should mind my own business. I said, "Coach, if you're coaching first base, that's fine. Please get in the coaching box." In response, he continued to yell at me. Rather than try to speak with him further, I went down the third-base line to head coach Reed Secrist, who was in the third-base coaching box. I told Coach Secrist that we had covered the kind of behavior of assistant coaches I was seeing from Coach Burr in the plate meeting, and I issued a warning. I said, "Coach, this is written team warning for disrespectful behavior of assistant coaches. Please control your assistants." Coach Secrist immediately began yelling at me, saying that Coach Burr had been standing outside the dugout for years and that I was just picking on him and Snow Canyon. I tried to explain that I didn't have a problem with Coach Burr being out of the dugout if I knew he had a reason to be there, and the warning had nothing to do with his being out of the dugout. It had to do with Coach Burr's disrespectful behavior by yelling abusive comments at an umpire from the bench area or coaching box, which we had covered in the plate meeting. I was unsuccessful in communicating this message because Coach Secrist was too busy yelling at me to listen, no matter how many times I tried to calm him. When I realized I was getting nowhere, I reminded Coach Secrist that I had issued a written warning, and I began to return behind the plate. As I did so, assistant coach Chris Kelly began yelling abusive, personal comments, using my first and last name. These comments were obviously calculated to incite further abuse from the Snow Canyon fans. As Snow Canyon had already received a written warning against such behavior from assistant coaches, I ejected Coach Kelly and confined Coach Secrist to the dugout for the balance of the game. Coach Secrist demanded a copy of this report; I replied that his principal and athletic director would receive a copy, and he could get it from one of them. Coach Kelly refused to leave the immediate area of the field after being ejected. Even after being told thathe needed to vacate the immediate confines of the field, he entered the Snow Canyon team clubhouse, went to the second floor, and sat watching the game through the window for the balance of the game. Based on this and previous experiences with this individual, I am left to conclude that, in his mind, the rules that apply to everyone else do not apply to Coach Kelly.
	Anderson	2018-03-24	South Sevier	Emil Cluff	With one out in the bottom of the 5th inning and the score of 2-0 for South Sevier. Runners at 1st and 3rd, there was a ground ball to the 3rd baseman and the runner at 3rd came home. The 3rd baseman threw it to the catcher who recieved the ball in plenty of time before the runner got to the plate, the catcher set up in front of the plate to tag the runner (#12). When the runner approached the plate he lowered his shoulder and initiated malicous contact and knocked the catcher to the ground on his back.
	J. Holgate	2018-03-24	Box Elder	Rick Brenkmann	In the bottom of the 3rd, with 1 out, and runners on 1st and 2nd, the batter had a 3 ball 2 strike count. The pitcher threw a pitch on the inside part of the plate, the batter dropped the bat and started towards first as I called the 3rd strike. The batter loudly responded, "You can't be serious, that ball almost hit my elbow." He then continued his tirade while walking back down the baseline towards his dugout and looking at me the whole time so everyone knew that he was arguing a called third strike. Just as he left the dirt area of the plate, he yelled "you don't know what you are doing." I determined he had earned an ejection with the second personal reference to me, with the added words that, based on where the player was looking as he said them, and I excused him from further participation.
	Tyler Curtis	2018-03-29	Rowland Hall	Richard Dusenberry	tyler Curtis assistant coach School:Rowland Hall Ejected in the fifth inning for saying that a bull shit call on a balk that I Richard dusenberry called ion the pitcher. warning was called on this same assistant coach in the 3rd inning for calling out YOU FUCKERS, out of the dugout. This gentlemen had a hard problem with leaving and sat and bitched the whole time after saying you fucker until the fifth inning and then when Tyler Curtis was ejected would not leave and bitched the whole time until he was out of the park. My partner Kevin heard him bitchin also about the time between all the inning and told me about his bitchin after I ejected this gentlemen Tyler Curtis.
	L. Jackson	03-29-2018	Corner Canyon	Mike Soderborg	I ejected #34 L. Jackson of Corner Cannon in game two of the 4th inning at Corner Cannon vs Salem Hills. #34 L. Jackson of Corner Cannon was in violation NFHS baseball rule 3-3-1m and the violation was judged to be malicious, in which case an ejection occurred. During the 4th inning of game two with Corner Cannon at bat, R1 was at second base with one out. The batter hit a line drive to center field. On the hit, R1 advanced from second base to home. The throw arrived at home plate before R1, #34 L. Jackson, started his head first slide into home. R1’s head first slide at home was judged to be way too late of a slide & judged to be way too high up the leg of the catcher and this was considered malicious so he was immediately ejected.
	Darrell Hernandez	2018-03-30	Providence Hall	Ken Avery	Before the game, I was running late, caught in construction traffic, so I called Greg Arata, my partner, who was at the field, and he was able to gear up and take the plate for the first varsity game. The field at West Ridge Academy (Providence Hall's home field) does not have foul lines in grass beyond the infield to the fence. In pregame, Greg and I discussed this, and agreed that Greg would be better suited to line up fair-foul calls with the infield foul line. At the beginning of the bottom of the 7th inning, one of the assistant coaches for PH, Darrel Hernandez, was yelling at Greg about inconsistent strike zone. Since he was standing close to me (I was in A position, he was at the back of the first base dugout), I told him to knock it off. At the end of that half-inning, I told the PH head coach to put a muzzle on his assistant coach, that if they had any issues with us we would only talk to the head coach, that the assistant coach had no business complaining to the umps. The game went into extra innings, and the first batter for Juab in the top of the 8th hit a deep fly ball down the right field line. Per our pre-game discussion, I came in and tracked the runner. I thought I heard someone say something that sounded like "foul," but I wasn't certain who said it, or what was even said. As the runner rounded first, I glanced over my shoulder at Greg, who was pointing fair. I tracked the runner to 3rd, where he was safe without a throw. I turned and looked at the plate, because I heard a big commotion there. That same assistant coach was at home plate, in Greg's face, yelling at him, extremely irate, about calling the ball foul, then signaling fair. The head coach was slowly walking towards the plate, not saying anything. I came in to the plate area, and told the assistant coach, "Coach, you're the assistant, you have no business being out here. You need to back away and let your head coach deal with this." He replied, "I don't care, that was a crappy call.." and continued to berate Greg. I said, "This is your written warning. If you say anything else, you're in the dugout." Again, he said, "I don't care, I'm not gonna shut up." and continued with his tirade. I said, "coach, you're in the dugout. Another word and you're ejected!" He replied, "eject me then, because I'm not gonna shut up." So I ejected him. Then he said, "Good. Now I can really say what I think." And he continued to rip into Greg. I then turned to the head coach, who was just standing there, and told him to get his assistant under control. He finally ushered his assistant coach away, and the game continued.
	Darrel Hernandez	2018-03-30	Providence Hall	greg arata	I was the plate umpire. Top of 8 there was a fly down the right field line. It wasn't lined. Ken and I agreed I would take fair/foul call. I wasn't sure where the ball landed but decided to call it fair. However, I did say foul before changing my mind and signaling fair. I didn't say it very loud. In fact, I didn't think anyone heard except the catcher. The assistant coach came out yelling. It went on for a little while, then Ken told him to return to the dugout as he wasn't allowed to argue. Things went downhill. I said we are calling it fair. He kept yelling, so Ken restricted him to the dugout and said any more arguing would result in an ejection. He didn't seem to care and said toss me.
	I didn’t get his name	2018-03-31	Lone Peak	Greg Carter	The JV coach ran out onto the field without asking for time out. Got in my face nose to nose. started yelling at me, saying do you even know what you’re doing, can you make a call, he didn’t even make a the tag, I backed up to get some distance between us and tried to explain to him what I saw. He got in my face again and then he hit me with his chest in my chest, so I ejected him. I told him to leave the field and then he proceeded to chest bump me two more times while still yelling at me before another coach came and tried to get him off the field while he was still yelling at me,saying you suck and you can’t get the call right. I didn’t dare turn and walk away because I was afraid of being sucker punched or pushed in the back.
	don't know name... new varsity coach.	03-31-2018	Lone Peak	Randy Spafford	Close play at home...Skyridge player safe..I was in position at home plate 2 feet from the play...coach was 60 feet away form play. He rushed into me screaming how horrible the call was..I treated him with respect but I couldn't get him to move on.. finally he began to attack me personally. I had to eject to move the game along...
	Caleb Manuel	2018-04-06	Cottonwood	NIAA (Nevada)	Top of 5th inning, player was at bat. He complained about a called strike 2 (count was then 1 ball, 2 strikes). He said "that was crap, not a strike", and I immediately issued him a warning at the plate regarding arguing balls & strikes. Final count on the batter was 3 balls & 2 strikes. I called the batter out on a high fast ball for strike 3. The batter proceeded to leave the batter's box toward 1st base and then realized it was a called 3rd strike and then player immediately threw his bat down in argument. The bat was not tossed but thrown down. This player was immediately ejected.
	Garrett Clark	2018-04-11	Fremont	Jacob Bednar	Although not a major factor in the ejection, the following scenario is important to note. In the 5th inning with Fremont trailing Layton, a 3-2 pitch was delivered to the batter for ball 4. Fremont's coach, Garrett, asked for time for a mound visit. While walking towards the pitcher getting ready to begin the conference, Garrett began talking to me, arguing balls and strikes. I gave Garrett a verbal warning for doing so. Later in the 5th inning, the bench continued to argue balls and strikes, as they had throughout the game. I had previously given a verbal warning to the bench and said “That’s enough.” As the inning progressed, an assistant coach had been arguing balls and strikes, for several batters. After a close pitch that was out of the zone, and ruled a ball, the assistant coach began yelling in a very unsportsmanlike manner. At that point, I gave the assistant a written warning, and explained that he was restricted to the dugout. In accordance with rule 3-3 “Bench and Field Conduct”, I also restricted the head coach to the dugout. The head coach responded to the scenario saying, “I am in the dugout”. After the half inning was finished, the head coach started walking out to coach third base. I stopped Garrett as he crossed the dirt circle, and told him to return to the dugout. In an effort to downplay the situation, I told Garrett to return to the dugout as he was restricted to the dugout as part of the assistant coach’s conduct. Garrett loudly protested and said “You’re putting me in the dugout, for your shitty calls.” At that point I ejected the coach for violating two rules. First, 3-3-2 which references use of profanity or remarks that reflect unfavorably upon any other person. The second supporting reason was for continuing to argue balls and strikes, and violating being restricted to the dugout. After the ejection, the coach returned to the dugout. We stopped play until the head coach had left the playing area. After a few minutes, we noticed he was behind the home run fence in right field watching the game. He did not cause an issue out there, so no further action was taken.
	T. Gill	2018-04-11	Orem	David Moore	Bottom of 5th Inning, player #8, Travis Gill at bat called third strike. From the batter’s box, Gill put the bat over his head close to his back, then swung back forward over his head with full force and hit the plate with his bat causing a loud thud. Gill then, with both hands swung the bat over the top of his head to his back and then threw the bat back over the top of his head, end over end, in the air toward his dugout. The bat hit the ground 1-2 feet from the dugout railing and bounced. Gill then leaned forward while leaving the batter’s box said in a voice loud enough to be heard by fans and players in each dugout, “Fucking shit!” Gill was ejected for intentionally throwing the bat, creating a dangerous situation for others, and unsportsmanlike conduct.
	Vaughn Demming	2018-04-11	Snow Canyon	Tim Zaharson	Catcher blocking plate after being told not too - then did it again and injured a player. Game vs Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas
	Jaxon Brown	04/18/2018	Pleasant Grove	Trent Allred	Top of the 3rd inning, zero out, with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Ground ball in the infield, runner from third, #10 Morgan Wood from American Fork, breaks for home. Play at the plate with a hard, legal slide, #10 was called out on the play. With both players on the ground #11 Jaxon Brown from Pleasant Grove, pushes #10 from American Fork in the chest and says "You fucking bitch." #10 from American Fork then gets up and pushes #11 from Pleasant Grove back. Both players were then ejected.
	Morgan Wood	04/18/2018	American Fork	Trent Allred	Top of the 3rd inning, zero out, with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Ground ball in the infield, runner from third, #10 Morgan Wood from American Fork, breaks for home. Play at the plate with a hard, legal slide, #10 was called out on the play. With both players on the ground #11 Jaxon Brown from Pleasant Grove, pushes #10 from American Fork in the chest and says "You fucking bitch." #10 from American Fork then gets up and pushes #11 from Pleasant Grove back. Both players were then ejected.
	Devin Brown	04-18-2018	Murray	Kenneth Rabach	On Wedensday 4-18-18, I ejected #8 - Devin Brown in the 3rd inning of the JV game after verbally warning the player that his comments to me were unwarranted as well as unsportsmanlike. I informed the coach (JV) of the warning. His comment to me after I called a strike on him was "you cant see shit". I immediately warned him. On the next pitch, the runner at first stole second base with a throw down by the catcher. The player looked at catcher, turned to his bench and said "this guy cant throw shit" rather loud. I warned him again and told him that comments to opposing players that were derogatory were not appropriate. He said your just a piss ass umpire. Ejection at that point.
	Jase Llewelyn (I believe this is his name but the Murray coach will confirm)	2018-04-19	Murray	Damon E Dodson	In the second inning I called a balk on the pitcher for Murray High School Sophomore team. He threw his hands up and aggressively started to argue with me, after I told him to quit. He stated that it was bull shit. At that time I ejected him. He then continued to declare that it was fucking bull shit many many times and threw equipment in the dugout. I that time I told the coach that he needs to be removed completely from the dugout an area surrounding.
	Jason Ingersol	2018-04-19	Lehi	Jake Gordon	In the bottom of the 5th inning, on a passed ball by the Uintah pitcher, the catcher short hopped the ball back to the pitcher as they tried to put out the runner coming home. After the play had fully stopped and we were starting to get back to our positions at the plate, a player from Lehi yelled to GET THE CATCHER A CUTOFF MAN! and his team mates started to laugh. I called time since there were other runners on base and looked over towards the dugout and coaches on buckets in the opening of the dugout and said, "shut it down, dont need to talk to the other team". At this point from the coaches box on third base side Jason blew up and started to yell at me to "never talk to his dugout" and that he could do his job, and to never talk to his players or his coaches. I then said fine, and told him to do it. He asked me "what?" And I told him to tell his dugout to knock it off. He then sarcastically told his dugout to knock it off, and then told me to worry about myself and to do my damn job and he would do his. I then gave him a verbal warning, told him he was done yelling and to stop. I Then pulled my card out to write it down. He said fine, but then stoked his dugout as I started to write it down. His dugout started to cheer loudly and laugh and clap. I asked him to shut it down, and he started to yell again that he wasn't going to tell them anything, that they were cheering for the game and I needed to worry about myself and do my job and worry about the game and let him take care of his team. At that point I told him if he wasn't going to stop he would be restricted. He said, again to do my job and worry about the game. I then restricted him to the dugout. He said WHAT loudly and I said again I was restricting him to the dugout. He came running in to me and told me I needed to explain to him again what I was doing. At this point my partner showed up behind us a few paces, and I told Jason again I had restricted him to the dugout. He yelled and asked what reason I had to do this. I told him because he had yet to shut up and stop talking even though I had warned him multiple times, that he wasn't controlling his team, and had been verbally warned and that frankly he was acting like a dick. He then got extremely close to me, close enough that his chest touched mine and his nose touched my face. He then screamed in my face and I told him he should stop spitting on me and to back off. He didn't, but continued right in my face and I told him he was still spitting on me and so I told him he was EJECTED. He stayed right in my face yelling, and I MOUTHED fuck dude and said I don't appreciate being spit all overand backed off a few steps to get him out of my face. He then got right back in my face and said oh, we're going to say the fuck word and went on a rant where he Called me a piece of shit, then a bit later a little piece of shit, then a little bit later a fucking piece of shit all while reminding me the shitty job being done and this was the reason I only umpired J.V. At this point me and my partner were signaling and telling his coaches to get him off the field. They came and started trying to get him. He kept yelling all the way back to the dugout, but eventually left the confines of the field and we resumed playing.
	Keegan Stracher	2018-04-20	South Summit	David L Whitehead	The player swung at the ball and hit it off his front leg and the ball went into the field. No call was made because the umpire did not see the ball hit the player and thought it should be in play. The player was then thrown out at first and he was called out. The plate umpire immediately asked for help from the field umpire who said he did not see it hit the player either. Plate umpire called the player out again for emphasis. As the player was leaving the field he said to the plate umpire "You're too old to be umpiring this game" to which the plate umpire immediately ejected #10 from the game.
	Patrick trend	2018-04-25	Highland	Bryan burke	Asst coach Patrick trend (didn’t get number) argued a judgment call in between innings. Warned him twice and then ejected him when he went back at my partner. Happened in between 2nd and 3rd inning.
	J Biggs	2018-04-25	Timpview	Craig Gaines	Earlier in the game, #11 was called out due to being out of the batter's box. In the 7th inning, #11 came to bat. #11 took his hand and made a line to indicate the front of the batter's box. I was making lineup changes so #11 waited until I came to my position behind the plate. #11's hand was still on the ground when he looked at me and said, "is that good enough?" #11 was then ejected.
	Danny Engemann	2018-04-25	Timpview	Craig Gaines	Engemann's behavior and comments throughout the game were argumentative and odd. Several times throughout the game, Engemann had questioned calls. Engemann told me during an argument that the only good officials he gets are Lyle and Matt. Later, a fan was removed for unsportsmanlike behavior. Engemann was told if the fan did not leave, they would forfeit the game. In the top of the 7th inning, Timpview gave up numerous runs. At one point, Engemann walked up to me and said, "Should we just forfeit and only lose 9-0" instead of the current score. I told Engemann that he needed to finish the game. During the bottom of the 7th inning, several comments were made from the dugout and by Engemann about calls by the officials. I told Engemann that was his warning regarding comments. After the conclusion of the game, Engemann asked to speak to me. He was calm and walked over to me. I thought he was going to just say thanks and move on. Engemann went on a rant about how horrible the game was officiated. To conclude his comments, Engemann said, "The bottom line is we got screwed!" He was yelling so everyone, fans and players, could hear the comments. I ejected Engemann at that point. As a side note, the Brighton coach made a comment about Engemann's antics from the prior game including the way he created his line up. Throughout the game, he made comments about Engemann's behavior. I had to ask Engemann to warn two parents about comments directed about me as an official that were personal in nature as well as mocking me when I identified them. In another inning, a fan had to be removed for unsportsmanlike comments directed at me that were personal in nature.
	Travis Gill	2018-04-26	Mountain View	Jake Gordon	In the bottom of the first inning, Travis Gill was running towards the plate when he squared up the catcher, lowered his shoulder and hit the mountain view catcher square in the gut driving him backwards off his feet. He then got up and said, he's right in the baseline. I immediately ejected the player (Gill) and cited malicious contact. The head coach (Carl) came in the enter his sub, and stated he knew it was malicious.
	Park City's Head Coach	2018-04-27	Park City	Manuel (Juno) Martinez	Top of the 3rd inning with one out. "Hit and Run" was on with Runner 1 on 1st base. Runner 1 passes 2nd base. The baseball hit deep left-field and the ball was caught. Runner 1 attempts to run back to 1st base. While doing so, Runner 1 completely misses 2nd base (cuts corner). Defensive team appeals 2nd base- when play resumes, the pitcher steps off and throws to second. I (Manuel Martinez) call Runner 1 out. Park City's Head Coach runs out (angrily) at me. I explained the play and call. He was furious. I explained to him that I did not appreciate how he ran out at me- it was an intimidation. I turn away to walk back to my position and he says "you're sh$%ty" and that he'll make it hard on me if I eject him. I turned back around and gave him a verbal warning. After doing so, I write it in my book. My partner and I talked about the play because my partner's position was on the ball and he did not see Runner 1. While we return to our positions (backs are turned away from Park City) "Fu#*ing A$%hole" comes out from the dugout. I turn and call an ejection. (After Varsity game (which PC won 2-0), my partner and I walk back onto the field for the JV game. The cameraman from Park City's Dugout in the varsity game follows us along with Park City's Head Coach. They wanted to have a few words. The cameraman was very unsportsmanlike in front of a crowd. He threatened to send a letter and make sure that this was my last game I will ever umpire again. I smiled and did not respond. Athletic Director and Head Coach from Bonneville witnessed.) I followed the protocol. I received intimidation and a threat. From my understanding, this is enough for an ejection. I have been an umpire for the past 6 years and believe this ejection (first in my career) is thoroughly warranted.
	Conner Johnsen	2018-04-27	Pleasant Grove	Dax Upton	Bottom of the 6th- Pleasant Grove is pitching, Bingham is at bat. 1 out. Runners on first and second. A pitch had previously been delivered on the inside, and was balled. The fans were irate, and this caused the pitcher to react in a manner that expressed his disagreement with the call. The very next pitch was in the exact same spot and it was balled for ball four, loading the bases. The pitcher, #3 Conner Johnsen, immediately looked at me behind home plate and yelled, “Fuck That!” He was immediately ejected on the grounds of profanity towards an umpire. It was also loud enough that fans behind were within earshot of the words. Per Rule 3-3-f-2 pen. f. commit any unsportsmanlike act to include, but not limited to, 1. use of words or actions to incite or attempt to incite spectators demonstrations, 2. use of profanity, intimidation tactics, remarks reflecting unfavorably upon any other person, or taunting or baiting. The NFHS disapproves of any form of taunting that is intended or designed to embarrass, ridicule or demean others under circumstances including race, religion, gender or national origin. 3. use of any language intended to intimidate, 4. behavior in any manner not in accordance with the spirit of fair play; 5. being in live ball territory (excluding team’s bullpen area) during the opponent’s infield practice prior to the start of the game. 6. any member of the coaching staff who was not the head coach (or designee) in 3-2-4 leaving the vicinity of the dugout or coaching box to dispute a judgment call by an umpire. 7. Confronting or directing unsportsmanlike conduct to the umpires after the game has concluded and until the umpires have departed the game site. g. enter the area behind the catcher while the opposing pitcher and catcher are in their positions; h. use of any object in his possession in the coach’s box other than a stopwatch, rule book (hard copy), scorebook; i. be outside the designated dugout (bench) or bullpen area if not a batter, runner, on-deck batter, in the coach’s box or one of the nine players on defense; j. charge an umpire; k. use amplifiers or bullhorns for coaching purposes during the course of the game; PENALTY: The umpire shall warn the offender unless the offense is judged to be major, in which case an ejection shall occur.r Based on my judgement, the act was considered Major and resulted in immediate ejection. I spoke with my partner Craig Gaines after the game if he would of handled that situation differently and he agreed that it was loud enough and directed at an official. I would like to note that immediately following, Coach Henry expressed his distaste with the call, he did not express any actions that would warrant his ejection, and he also had already received a balls and strikes warning previous in the inning for arguing balls and strikes. Following the contest- the Assistant Principal for Pleasant Grove followed us to our car and asked what the kid had said to be ejected, I informed him accordingly. He then continued following us to our cars taking the opportunity to inform me that “he has been watching baseball for a long time, and those were indeed strikes from where he was sitting, and that I was incorrect in my call.” I normally do not expect that type of behavior from the administration, but I would like to note this behavior in this report.
	Assistant Coach - First Base	2018-05-02	Westlake	Trenton Jensen	During the top of the 1st inning, the first batter #15 was called out on strikes. Upon striking out he expressed his discuss with the call and my comment to him was, "Easy, watch yourself." As he began to move towards his dugout he turned back to face me and home plate and made the comment, "that was further inside than the previous pitch." I then removed my mask and explained to him we were not going to argue balls and strikes, now go. He expressed himself about the call again at which point I walked toward the dugout and initiated a team warning that we were not going to allow the arguing of balls and strikes and the next offender would be ejected. At this point the Assistant Coach from the first base box began to come down the line asking what was going on? I repeated myself that I gave a team warning and that the next offender would be ejected. He then expressed himself regarding the call and reiterated the same language as the player, that the third strike was a worse call than than the previous pitch. I explained that his team had been warned and tossed him out of the game. Upon ejecting him he immediately approached me, invaded my personal space and commenced to call me a "jackass." I responded that he had been ejected and needed to leave the field and the playing area and if he continued his head coach would be accompanying him to the bus. He then left the field at which point Taylor, the head coach for Westlake approached me. He asked me why I did not issue a warning to which I responded that I had issued a warning, that I had explained it to his assistant and then his assistant continued to questions the call. I reminded him of our conversation at the plate conference that his coaches and players were his responsibility and that he was the only one we were going to deal with. He returned to the box and the game continued. However, as the top of the 2nd inning was concluding I spotted him just out side the grandstands watching the game. As Coach Taylor for Westlake crossed the field from the third base coaching box to the his dugout on the first base side, I told him that his assistant coach needed to leave the confines of the field and that he could must not be seen or heard of. Coach Taylor addressed his assistant and during the remainder of the game he was not seen or heard of. However, upon the completion of the game the assistant exited the bus and began another verbal abuse by yelling across the parking lot of the poor officiated game, to which I replied for him to get back on the bus and go home. I then entered my vehicle and left.
	Drew Ellerman	2018-05-04	Hurricane	Paul Husselbee	In the top of the 6th inning of a game that Cedar led 8-3, Hurricane's Austin Wright (no. 26) was the lead-off batter and was hit by a pitch. On a subsequent pitch, he attempted to steal second. His slide was illegal in that both feet were off the ground and he overslid the bag. His feet made contact with the arms and upper body of the Cedar second baseman, McKrae Spencer, knocking him backward and causing him to drop the ball. As the base umpire, I was on top of the play. I ruled that Wright was out for the illegal slide, which bordered on malicious contact. My first concern after making the call was the condition of the Cedar player, who had been spiked and knocked down with enough force to cause him to drop the ball. I called time and inquired about whether he was okay. He recovered quickly and was clearly upset at what he said was an unnecessarily rough play, given the circumstances. Based on his words and facial expression, I moved to intercept him to head off a potential physical confrontation. As I placed myself between the two players, telling Spencer that it was over and the other player was out, I heard shouting from the third-base coaching box, where Assistant Coach Drew Ellerman was Hurricane's third-base coach. He yelled at me that he wanted to know why his player was out when the Cedar player had dropped the ball. I have dealt with Coach Ellerman's behavior from the coaching boxes in both varsity and JV games in previous games. He seems to be unaware of his role, which is to coach players (not to yell at or otherwise attempt to verbally intimidate umpires). On several previous occasions, I have shut him down from the outset by informing him that I declined to engage him based on his behavior. I have also told him that it is the role of the head coach, not an assistant coach, to approach umpires if there is a dispute about a judgment call. In this case, as in others, Coach Ellerman yelled and began approaching me aggressively from the coaching box. As it was the last game of the season and the game was nearly over, I was not in the mood to be yelled at and approached in that manner. I raised my right hand in a "Stop" gesture and said, "Coach, we're done here." Coach Ellerman then charged across the field, screaming, "Don't you dare! Don't you dare! I've been holding back all season! You're going to talk to me!" I responded, "Not when you act like that." He continued to charge at me while screaming. I ejected him and walked away. Coach Ellerman followed me, yelling, "Good! Good! I'm glad!" I continued to walk away and responded, "Coach, get out of here. You've been ejected." Coach Ellerman refused to leave the confines of the field after his ejection. He left the Hurricane dugout and went to sit in the stands for the balance of the game. Because the game lasted only two more outs, I felt it was not worth the further confrontation to insist that he leave the immediate vicinity of the baseball field.
	Assistant Coach for Westlake/don't know name/is the Pitching Coach	2018-05-08	Westlake	Blyden loutensock	Post game ejection. Had a play in the top of the 6th at the Plate. Called the runner out. Gave the head coach an explanation and game went on. After the game, my partner and I were leaving the field at P.G. on the 1st Base side. The Pitching Coach for Westlake ran across the field from the dugout to further argue my call. I told him to leave and that I would not talk to him. He told me I didn't know the rules while he jumped in front of Ed and I forcing us to stop. I told him to leave and again he blocked our path to leave. As we walked around him to leave, he started screaming we needed to learn the rules... at which point I signaled a post game ejection reporting it to the P.G. coaches nearby. Indicated I would be contacting Jeff Cluff.
	Tyker Nessen	2018-05-12	Bear River	Jim Hochstrasser	Player #21 Tyker Nessen was ejected from the ballgame for the following unsportsmanlike act. In the 6th inning #21 was advancing to base 3 and was called out by field umpire Tracy Poulson. the player then sat on the ground in front of base 3 and through a tantrum. He then proceeded to jump up and yell "Thats Bull Shit" I, then being halfway up the line towards base 3 ejected the player for unsportsmanlike act. I had already warned player #21 previously in the inning 2 for disputing a strike 3 call. I felt in necessary for me to handle the ejection before Tracy did do to the fact that Words had been exchanged earlier with Tracy and coach Hawes. When Coach asked for an explanation of the ejection I explained to him the acts where unsportsmanlike and the player had been warned earlier.