Handling of Ashville Manager

That's a good question. I thought the same thing. You don't get to see what the PU did or didn't do. I suspected he may have started out but the manager disengaged quickly. The PU may have thought he was going to leave but instead went the other way. At that point he took notes for the report but never tried to get rid of him.

The thinking may have been, let the guy vent, and he will eventually stop, then we can get him the heck out of here.

Maybe the manager had pent-up demand, since they were instructed note to go ballistic on the replacement umps, once the real umps got back he had to let it go.

Agreed with all on not really being sure why this was allowed to go on so long. As we all have been taught, a good partner is to go to another partners rescue when being cornered by an irate coach. Your job, following an ejection, is to steer the coach away from your partner and assist him with leaving the field...

Now, this was an extreme case. I cant say that the crew could have done anything better to control this manager. he was dead set on having a major league meltdown..... Although his goal was to bring abuse and attention on the umpire crew and a supposed umpiring mistake, he only succeded in obtaining a 7 day suspension and a $1,000 fine......

I suspect the PU was laughing too hard to go out there...

Sure was fun to watch!

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Originally posted by NeilKelty:
Why was Joe Mikulik allowed to "rant" for so long. Why didn't the non ejecting umpire come out to remove the manager?

The pro mechanics are a little different than what we practice in the amateur ranks. There is no "go steer him away from your partner" expectation at that level. Everyone is expected to be able to handle themselves and as long as it isn't a 2 on 1 situation a pro umpire will allow his partner to handle his own business. As it turned out this clown later went and accosted the UIC too, so I'm not sure that even if he had gone out there that it would have helped the situation.