I always see clips of baseball players arguing with a referee and then getting ejected, but I’ve never once seen a coach or player convince a referee they’re wrong.
Why bother? Surely you know that you’re not gonna change their mind and that you can get ejected pretty easily and that gotta be worse than stifling your ego for a moment just copping the decision.
I’m Australian and don’t really watch baseball so I apologise if any nomenclature is incorrect.
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Another reason which hasn’t been mentioned here is that coaches are under a lot of scrutiny to show that they’re doing everything in their power to help their team win.
A coach that simply accepts an unfavorable call from an umpire might be perceived as lazy or permissive, and not having his teams best interest in mind.
It cost nothing to go tell the umpire he’s wrong, but it might cost the coach his job to accept it and do nothing.
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