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I believe for the sake of argument that we may not have all the info on this incident. I'm not an umpire but I believe it's obvious that only half of the violation was handled correctly.
To my knowledge, Bretman is correct that the responsible parties here is the coach and offending player the ruling would mean a restriction to the dugout for the remainder of the game if it were the second time ANY girl was caught with jewelry after the game starts. The first offense would be the removal and a team warning. You see, it could have been another girl that was issued the first warning and removal but the second offense brings on a stiffer penalty.
I understand Bretman's concern that a rogue player decides on her own to put her favorite bracelet back on after being told to remove it, yet the coach eventually gets restricted to the bench. While it seems unfair to the coach, they are still pilot in command of their ship and are responsible for their players throughout the game. One scenario we haven't discussed is the possibility the player talked back to the umpire or used foul language and was actually ejected from the game because of the way they responded to the ruling. There may be more to the story.
The girls that upset me are the ones that wait till March to get a piercing, then claim they need to leave it in all the time or the hole will heal shut. Why would a kid do this if indeed they wanted to play softball? I have no mercy for a player with that mentality.
To my knowledge, Bretman is correct that the responsible parties here is the coach and offending player the ruling would mean a restriction to the dugout for the remainder of the game if it were the second time ANY girl was caught with jewelry after the game starts. The first offense would be the removal and a team warning. You see, it could have been another girl that was issued the first warning and removal but the second offense brings on a stiffer penalty.
I understand Bretman's concern that a rogue player decides on her own to put her favorite bracelet back on after being told to remove it, yet the coach eventually gets restricted to the bench. While it seems unfair to the coach, they are still pilot in command of their ship and are responsible for their players throughout the game. One scenario we haven't discussed is the possibility the player talked back to the umpire or used foul language and was actually ejected from the game because of the way they responded to the ruling. There may be more to the story.
The girls that upset me are the ones that wait till March to get a piercing, then claim they need to leave it in all the time or the hole will heal shut. Why would a kid do this if indeed they wanted to play softball? I have no mercy for a player with that mentality.