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We have a coach that uses a defensive conference with the current pitcher to give his substitute some extra warm-up throws prior to bringing him in.
Coach (usually) calls time. Walks onto the field with a ball and when he gets to the mound, he tosses the ball to the short-stop who begins tossing with the 2nd baseman. While he talks to the pitcher, the SS, will get a dozen or so throws in. Conference ends and coach returns to dugout. A pitch or 2 later, coach calls time again and now brings in the SS to pitch.
The first time this happened with me, I ordered the ball off the field. The coach responds that there is no rule prohibiting this. I responded that game management allows me to restrict this activity to prevent delays and keep things moving. He threw "you don't want this kid to hurt his arm, do you?" at me.
Thoughts and rule reference please? thx
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Bayou Ump
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