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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup
I've got 13 year olds by myself. Bases loaded, ONE OUT, 2 - 2 on the batter. I remind both the catcher and batter that a third strike in the dirt is an out and stay here. Batter swings at strike three in the dirt. I signal the batter out and his coach starts yelling at him to run to first base. All the runners start to run. The catcher panics. As I'm yelling he's out, stay here, the catcher proceeds to air mail a throw down to first base. The batter caused the throw, because he didn't go directly to his dugout (right handed batter on the away team), the catcher and runners didn't know what to do. What do you do in this situation?
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I yell "BATTER'S OUT" and, since the ball is "live", I watch the action and prepare to make any calls necessary, just like they're paying me to do. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and the defense will tag one of the other runners out
