To all MABF teams:    THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!   PLEASE READ EVERY WORD ... FOR YOUR BENEFIT!!!

With 2018 behind us and the 2019 season fast approaching we can say that MABF is doing well.  We continue to have a large number of teams, hopefully because we are doing things right.  We are sure we will all have fun and the young men that depend on us will have fun and learn to play baseball in a safe, well-controlled atmosphere.

This brings us to a very sore subject that MABF must address.  The calls from umpires don’t always go our team’s way but we must all keep ourselves in check and address the events on the field in an adult manner.  Being ejected from a game as a manager, coach, player or parent cannot be tolerated.  It is the MANAGER'S DUTY and an umpire’s duty to enter a report when any person is ejected from a game.  This WILL be done in all cases by the umpires.

When umpires and managers file a report of an ejection, it is stored in a database and another event involving the same team will draw MABF’s attention.  However, a more alarming number of managers, coaches and parents are being ejected from games and taking it a step further with unruly behavior and contempt for the umpires and the other team's personnel.  From this time going forth, MABF will be handing down suspensions of varying degrees for any manager, coach, player, non-player or spectators who have been ejected from a game.   If upon being told to leave the field area immediately and this individual does not comply or uses foul language, or for any ejected individual who approaches an umpire in the parking lot in any manner, the penalty will be doubled.  These include approaching umpires, verbally confronting them with a physical presence or even so much as a persistent gaze to cause uneasiness or fear for the umpires.

 THESE INCIDENTS AND EJECTIONS MUST BE REPORTED BY ALL TEAM MANAGERS for the 2019 season!

Umpires – like coaches and players – may not always be the best, but we do believe they attempt to do the best they can, and they deserve to work a game – and leave a game – respectfully with a sense of security and well-being.  Their efforts are usually the best they can give, just as are the efforts of the players, coaches, managers and fans.

It is the manager's duty to run his team properly, meaning the enforcement of strict disciplinary rules covering players', coaches' and parents' behavior.  MABF WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY LESS.

We will have a case-by-case suspension (in terms of length) for the 2019 season for those who violate MABF rules of conduct.  Then, if necessary, we will have a harsher standard in place for the 2020 season that will double the length of the actual ejection and suspension if the managers are not willing to make the report and are found to be avoiding their managerial duties.

Your children should not have to tolerate grownups acting in a childish way.

Thank you.

Macomb Amateur Baseball Federation

Board of Directors