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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I mean, this happens in basically any sport with subjective refereeing. Sports involve highly charged, competitive atmospheres, and refs have to make split-second judgment calls. Players and coaches get pissed if they think they’re getting the short end of the stick, and argue even if there’s no logical benefit.
One thing I can say about baseball is, aside from being ejected from the game, there’s not much in the way of a disincentive from arguing. Compare that to basketball (technical fouls=free throws), American football (unsportsmanlike conduct penalties), soccer (red card=playing with 10 men), in which excessive arguing has immediate detrimental effects on your team.
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