Eli5 Why do baseball players & coaches always argue with the referee?

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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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Honestly? Tradition.

Make a show of your distaste for the call and let the guy know he’s made a shit call, in your honest and totally unbiased opinion.

American Baseball strangely has a lot of indefinable little cultural quirks that you really never would understand unless you’ve spent some time in those circles.

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