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Doing a mid-level rec league game yesterday where the pitcher was throwing a lot in the dirt and the catcher would every so often overthrow the pitcher when she returned the ball. Pitcher throws another dirtball but catcher blocks it. Runner at second has a big lead waiting to see how the throw to the pitcher goes. Catcher still has ball when defensive coach says he wants time. I say to wait, plays not over(as I said, catcher had overthrown pitcher before). We all stood around looking at each other for 5-6 seconds before catcher finally returned the ball to pitcher and I grant time.
My question is should I have told the coach that the catcher needed to return the ball before I was calling time? Runner on second had a legitimate chance to advance given that days' history. And how about this as it applies to other situations? Ball four, runner heads for first, coach calls for time. I don't grant it but do we need to give an explanation as to why we're not doing it yet?
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