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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
The one time a simialr situation happened to me, the batter looked at me quizically (while he was still in the box, just after receiving ball 4). I told him something like, "You need to touch first before the game is over".
I didn't tell him to run. I didn't coach him to first. I just stated a fact -- and the fact was avaialble to both teams (F2 now knew that if BR didn't go to first "something was wrong.")
I'd try to apply the same game management again.
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This reminds me of a situation when a batter rapped a hit on a balk call then stared at me and said, "But I hit the ball. What am I supposed to do now?" I replied, "Run!"
He got to first and R1 made it to third. End of story.
