ice_67 wrote:Wade,
I don't remember ever saying that a parent was running around complaining about their DD getting elbowed. And it wasn't a "banger", F3 fielded ball cleanly took 2 or 3 steps and tagged BR.
Maybe next time we play this team and they elbow us we plunk the next batter and hopefully only get a warning. I think that's what MTR was alluding to, that this type of behavior could escalate.
Youre not going to get an ejection of a player every time you want one, especially at 12U. MTR is and always will be consistent that USC is an ejection... because IT IS the rule. I'm not sold this was USC... in fact, I'm convinced this was a gray area thing, that probably walked the line, and you'd probably rarely get an ejection out of it. I've seen this stuff over and over. Especially on a tag play. This could have even been a defensive raising of an elbow due to an aggressive tag... i've seen tags crush people, bloody their face, etc..as a result some kids instinctively protect themselves, so I dont know.
I do know:
1. you are biased in what you saw
2. You present the scenario, adding and changing details with each explaination
obviously upping the ante to get the answer you want to hear. That is the hallmark of a HTBT play, more specifically, a gray area play.
If this was REALLY USC, the coach would have been there talking to the BU and PU immediately and not this johnny come lately talk at the end of the game with a BU placating you at the end of the game for whatever reason. USC glares to all involved.
Now if youre gonna pout and start "plunking" kids because you didnt get an ejection, thats on you. It's usually easier to catch the retaliatory strikes anyway.
If its any comfort to you.. just think, a couple of years she'll be playing HS ball and could have an 1/2 inch metal spike driven into her shin when she is trying to tag someone.. all perfectly legal... no warning or anything. So relax. It gets MUCH rougher the higher she goes.