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Who are you going to restrict or eject? The offensive coach? The offensive player? You can't enforce a penalty for a batter leaning into a pitch other than what the rules prescribe. If he leans in and gets hit, calling the strike and letting him get plunked without awarding first base is sufficient penalty. It's the reason the excetion exists in the rule for HBP. If you look at what I said, it was that you're going to have to eject the defensive coach if you return the batter to the box. He's the one who's going to go ballistic because your penalizing his team for doing what they're supposed to do.
Tim.
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