Or better yet ... tell the coach there is absolutely no difference between a pitch that has hit the ground and one that hasn't, except that it can't be caught (i.e. D3K rule) and can't be a called strike. Such a ball is hittable, not dead, runners can run, HBP's are still HBP's, etc.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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