In previous parts, I told how in 1996 I deliberately set out to see how many ejections I could rack up. I wanted to make the leagues' participants fear me enough to leave me alone so I could concentrate on becoming a better umpire — instead of a better nanny.

Statistics

In 1996, I had over 30 ejections in about 110 games. (For many games, I played it straight and tried to stay out of trouble.) My best day was six ejections in one MSBL game, and that stopped only because one team had but eight players left. Hence, a forfeit.

Year after year, both before and after 1996, I have averaged one ejection every 8-10 games. In my quietest year, I had only one ejection every 12 games. But that is somewhat misleading in that there is probably an ejection in only 1 out of 15 games. However, I often have games with more than one ejection, which brings the overall ejection ratio down.

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