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Once upon a time, I was instructed to pick up the bat and toss it to the side, away from the playing action. Backstops were not what they are today and most of the fields didn't have dugouts, just a bench behind the fence back then.
About twenty years ago, I started kicking the bat to the side with a steel toed plate shoe. I have been doing it this way ever since.
Sometimes, if the play is developing (say R2 on an outfield hit), I'll tell the catcher to clear the bat so that he doesn't have it in the way. Almost always he utilizes the foot wedge to get the job done.
Whatever you do, don't toss the bat in the air. Kick it or slide it with purpose. I'm sure that CB or Bob will agree that acting like this is preventative and prudent - not acting in an irresponsible and reckless manner. But then again, I pay my attorney to think fabout those things for me...
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