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Originally posted by wadeintothem
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I guess it depends on how you are reading his "confines of the field" ... maybe you are imagining the pitcher warming up in the parking lot.. whereas when I read his comments I see a pitcher warming up in a dead ball bullpen..perhaps attached to the dugout or whatever.
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I started the "confines of the field" question with this thread:
http://www.officialforum.com/thread/24272
For the purposes of the rule cited in that thread, I interpreted the confines as any area I could see while on the field. That interpretation was challenged, so I went to a different member of the NFHS rules committee for an interpretation. I got basically the same response as WMB did.
Going forward, I will "suggest" or "recommend" to the coach that any non-adult warming up a pitcher outside the fence wear the proper protection. If this is happening inside the field fences, I will require that proper protection be worn.