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Old Tue Mar 28, 2017, 11:08am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
If there was a conference available, why would the coach send a runner to deliver a message?
Because he wanted to use his/her conference for something else? Who knows what these coaches think sometimes.

The rules state that when a catcher comes over to the dugout to get advice before going to the pitcher to talk to her, that this would be a defensive-charged conference. I don't see any difference between that and the runner relaying coaching advice to another runner.
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