Yes. She knows she a great pitcher. She doesn't let anythingto to her. She's been pitching since she was 8, and she'll be 13 this year. We will be moving up to 14u this fall. And the pitcher and catcher are spot on. Catcher calls the sign, pitcher throws it. Catcher even comes to my daughter's pitching lessons every week, so they can get more of just catching and pitching together. And practice 2 times a week.Smiling when she doesn't get a call should be the only emotion a pitcher shows. She knows she threw a strike and so does the catcher. DD2 has done this since 10's and is now in 18's. Just shows she is being "light" and not letting it affect her.
In college, my DD wouldn't smile at the umpire....she would turn around to CF, shake her head, shrug her shoulders and smile. Then, she got back to pitching.But could the ump ejected the pitcher for a smile
I can assure you it was a ump being crappy.Over emotion and ejections are synonymous with each other.
12u being bratty or blue being crappy?
Coaches have to get checked on that from time to time.
Without seeing video hard to comment on this instance.
I can assure you it was a ump being crappy.
You arent exactly an impartial judge being that it is your own daughter you are talking about. None of us can make any determination as to if the ump was being out of line or not without actually having been there to see it ourselves.
Yes, definitely can will get tossed, especially if she is warned. I suspect that there is more to this story. Smiling is no different than using than using the term "Bless your heart." It is all about the context. This is part of maturing as a pitcher. While it may be over the top at 12U, as she gets older there will be less tolerance for that type of behavior. This is one of the life lessons that the game provides.Can a ump eject a pitcher for body language /gesture/or facial expression. My daughter is a 12u pitcher. This past weekend she had a ump warn her and threatened to ejected her cause he said she was taunting him over his calls. He even told the coach that he would not call another strike even if they were, till she stopped taunting him. I seen the whole game, one time she did a small hand gesture, she might have smiled. She was frustrated at that point cause she was right down the middle and he still called them balls.