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Originally Posted by C'monBlue
It has become a local custom of the summer leagues here to allow the on-deck hitter to stand on the side of the batter, i.e., he will stand on the third-base side when there is a right-handed batter regardless if it is the side of his own team. While I'm not particularly concerned about one team taunting the other, are there any liability issues that one should consider when allowing a player to stand in the wrong place in live-ball territory? Is this a practice that umpires should stop (for CYA reasons), or am I being an OOO?
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Ever Since the Witchita State incident (see attached link)
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...23/ai_55198802
our umpire association has been instructed to pay more attention to where the on deck batters position themselves. It has also become a "point of emphasis" as well.
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It has become a local custom of the summer leagues here to allow the on-deck hitter to stand on the side of the batter,
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Therefore, IMO your summer association needs to enforce the on-deck batter rule from DAY 1. If others are not going to enforce it, then you will have a problem when you try to enforce it.
As Garth said for shaving age players enforce the rule otherwise you are asking for trouble.
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