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Even if it's safety and preventative, you're better off letting the coach deal with it. If you do coach the player directly, at least tell the coach that you've done so. YOU know what you mean when you tell a player to do something. But the player may not.
Take this to OBS. F4 obstructs on 3 consecutive plays, standing on the bag when the ball isn't coming. You say, "Hey second base - you can't stand on the bag without the ball. You're going to get hurt, or hurt someone else who's trying to run through here to third." Next play is a grounder to F6. F4 rushes over and stands OFF the bag, receives the throw as the runner from 1st comes in safe. Coach: "Billy, why were you off the base?!?!" Billy: "He told me I couldn't stand on the base!"
You can never go wrong letting the coach handle his players.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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