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HS JV game last night. A girl from the opposing team walks up to the area near home plate, takes a few swings, takes a couple deep breaths, then decides to enter the box.
She holds her right hand up, indicating "time" to the ump. She sets her right foot in the box and digs it in. She sets her left foot in the box and digs it in. Still with her hand up to the ump, she twirls the bat in her left hand a couple times then points the end of the bat down toward the plate and holds it there, still with her hand calling for time for TEN FREAKING SECONDS!
Finally, she put her hand down, and the ump called for the pitch. It took her a minimum of 20-25 seconds to get ready and get into the box on every single pitch she saw all night.
Did the umpire do the right thing by allowing this? I did a few JV games before I started coaching. After the first time of this I would have told her to get in that box right now.
This had absolutely no bearing on the final outcome of the games. We easily won both times. It was just extremely frustrating. Any thoughts?
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