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Originally Posted by fastpitch
I've had personal experiences including the only time I was ever asked to leave a game when I pointed out to the umpire I did not need to change my pitcher on my 3rd visit to the mound. I had conferred with the umpire to confirm it was my 2nd visit before visiting the mound when during the conference the other (visiting) coach convinced him it was my 3rd visit whereupon he told me I had to change pitchers, just one example of many I'm sure others have seen.
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Not sure what this situation has to do with baseball. Sounds like an umpire who does not know how to keep track of charged conferences.
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Originally Posted by fastpitch
Don't even get me started on the $100,000 baseball fields next to the $10,000 softball fields at our local high schools.
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There is no issue unless the baseball fields are taxpayer / federal dollars funded. It is my observation that the youth baseball programs are better at fund-raising for facility improvements than are the fastpitch programs. It is not uncommon for the (privately funded) youth baseball programs to fund facility improvements to the school's fields. If that is happening for baseball and not softball in your community, get on the stick with softball fund-raising.