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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
What about what my friend did - next time the guy came up he tapped the catcher and said, "he's all yours". Rung him up on three pitches that were WAY outside. When the coach came out to discuss he told him that the kid showed him up and that he won't see a pitch to hit the rest of the day. The coach went back to the dugout and soundly chewed the kid.
My buddy does HS, NCAA, and has done MiBL. Do you see that as a viable option?
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The aforementioned is good for debate, but in general the FYC is done at the time the player shows you up.
In the situation presented it was already strike 3 so the player should be dumped in a heartbeat.
In addition the particpants need to be knowledgeable.
Example: I had a CBL game (good talent) in which F1 had a mean curve. I called strike 2 on the batter and he proceeded to draw the line. Unfortunately in baseball unlike other sports, we do not have anyway to penalize the team other than ejection, however, in certain situations and not all game long we can send an FYC.
In the aforementioned situation I didn't tell F2 anything as I didn't have to. When F2 saw that I didn't toss the batter, he knew what I was doing. He set up some 5-6 inches off the outside edge of the plate and I proceeded to ring up the batter.
The next time the same batter came up he said "Blue can we start over" and I said sure. No problems the remainder of the game.
Summary: You need to know the teams, calibur of ball being called etc., however, once it is strike 3 then IMO it's already too late to send an FYC and the player then has to be dumped.
Pete Booth