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Originally posted by BBCoach
Hello everyone, I am a basketball person looking for information on baseball rules. Rec. league in question is 13-15u played under Babe Ruth rules.
1) Can the coach be on the field between innings while the pitcher is warming up? If so would you consider this a "trip"?
2) Should it be considered a trip anytime a coach request time out and talks to one of his players, even if he does not cross on to the playing field?
3) When the coach completes his trip to the mound and crosses the foul line and wants to return to tell his pitcher something else, would you allow this? Would you consider it another trip?
Thanks in advance for your help with these questions.
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Babe Ruth Rules:
1) Yes on the coach being on the field, and no trip, as long as the pitcher gets his warmups in alloted time with no delay. This generally happens when a coach, who was in the 3B or 1B box, stops near the mound as the pitcher comes out to speak to him. A manager who was in the dugout is not coming out to talk to the pitcher between innings. I have this one in writing from Babe Ruth Baseball, from my coaching days.
2) No. But if the player you talked to (ie the catcher) goes to the mound, after you talk to him, it's a trip.
3) I would not allow two trips to be counted on the same timeout. Once the coach concludes his business at the mound and starts for the dugout I am going to make sure he makes it there regardless of foul line. If he is walking around the infield while pitcher warms up talking to infielders that will be ok, but once he starts what looks to me like a direct path walk to the dugout, that's where he is going.