On June 28, 1989, Boise Hawks' manager Mal Fichman was suspended for one game for returning to field at Memorial Stadium after being ejected in the sixth inning.

 

When Fichman's mild-mannered second basemen got tossed, he went out to discuss the matter with the first-base umpire. "Cluff was an All-American from Brigham Young, and he was a little older because he had spent two years on a Mormon mission," Fichman said later. "But he looked like Opie, and he never opened his mouth. He got adamantly upset if anyone even cursed in the dugout. So he hits a grounder, and it's a close play at first base. I was coaching third base, and by the time I got back to our dugout, on the first base side, someone said Cluff had gotten tossed."

 

"Well, the umpire at first base wasn't very tall. And I went out to him and said that I knew Cluff wouldn't say anything bad. Cluff told me that he was safe. The umpire told me that Cluff said he was safe and that if he [the umpire] were a little taller, he might have seen the play. Well, it struck me and I said 'maybe he's right!' So he threw me out of the game. too. I'm 5-foot-7, but this guy was only about 5-feet tall."

 

Normally that would have been the end of it, but Fichman calmly disguised himself as the team's mascot, Humphrey the Hawk, and walked back onto the field. The feathery impostor pranced around the sidelines for the rest of the contest against the Salem Dodgers, passing on instructions to his team.

 

Fichman would go on to win four minor league championships during a five-year span in the mid-to-late 1990s. We'll assume he won THOSE while standing in the dugout.