Monday, July 21, 2014

Baseball Scorekeeper Particulars - How To Record Ejections

I am thinking that the symbol should be EJ for "ejection" or "ejected" - this means an ejection from the ballgame (someone has been ejected).

We know that umpires eject ballplayer personnel for a number of infractions in some games (whether it is Little League baseball, high school baseball, college baseball, Major League Baseball, or whatever), and I am thinking of details on how a baseball scorer can record not only the ejection - but also the reason why the ejection happened. Most baseball ejections mainly fall on managers and coaches but mainly it is the players that are ejected more often than managers and coaches. So with this, the suggestions I have are as follows.......(there are other infractions that are worthy of ejection, but these are the common detailed infractions):

EJ/ABS - ejected for arguing balls and strikes (the most common ejections right now)
EJ/AAW - ejected for arguing after a umpire warning
EJ/KDAU - ejected for kicking dirt at the umpire
EJ/OBS - ejected for bad-mouthing or trash-talking at the umpire (usually with obscenities)
EJ/SBAU - ejected for slinging the bat at the umpire
EJ/SHD - ejected for slamming the helmet down
EJ/SHDAU - ejected for slamming the helmet down at the direction of the umpire
EJ/SBD - ejected for slamming the bat down
EJ/SBDAU - ejected for slamming the bad down at the direction of the umpire
EJ/PSH - ejected for pushing the umpire
EJ/TG - ejected for making a non-verbal threatening gesture at an umpire
(things like "pointing-the-gun" sign, pointing at him, making a pretend punch, or a decapitation gesture, etc.) EJ/OWE - ejected for ranting obscenities within earshot of the umpire
EJ/PT - ejected for illegal pine tar on the bat
EJ/IE - ejected for improper equipment
EJ/CTAD - ejected for creating a tantrum in the dugout (within line of sight for the umpire to see)
EJ/CAU - ejected for purposely colliding into (or at) the umpire (or bumping into an umpire)

Sometimes, there are other lesser-known infractions that may lead to ejections.....here is one of them:

EJ/DOG - ejected for delay of game (usually this happens to a catcher who goes onto the field to talk to the
pitcher and continues to talk after the umpire asks the party to stop the conversation and get the game going again. If the catcher continues talking and fails to disperse after given a warning to stop, the catcher could be thrown out.)

If the manager is ejected for a DOG, it would be EJ-M/DOG.

Pitchers are generally ejected for throwing a spitball, using spit on a ball before throwing (except in very cool weather where pitchers are allowed generally by the umpires to blow their own air on a baseball before delivering a pitch), or bean-balling (intentionally trying to hit a batter where in the meaning of the umpire is not a traditionally accidental hit-by-pitch ball).

Special ejection shorthand especially for pitchers who are tossed would be:

EJ/SPB - ejection for throwing a spitball
EJ/SPB-BP - ejection for putting spit on a ball in the umpire's line of sight before delivering the pitch
EJ/BEAN - ejection for bean-balling (usually on the 2nd infraction of such; usually there are ejections for the first infraction without an umpire warning)

Now consider that the coach, player, assistant manager, or coach can be ejected. Take the following list:
EJ - coach
EJ - player
EJ - assistant manager
EJ - manager

This could be shortened as:
EJ-C
EJ-PLYR
EJ-AM
EJ-M

Or even this:
EJ/C
EJ/PLYR
EJ/AM
EJ/M

When a player is ejected, you should blank out the remaining innings for the player that he/she would be in but cannot be because of the ejection penalty.

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