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brandda, Last night when the coach complained that I wasn't letting his pitcher warm up (he said it's a safety issue) I told him the pitcher should have been warming up while they were at bat. He claimed that he couldn't do that because the catcher was due to bat and thus had his equipment off, and adults are not allowed to warm up pitchers. I wasn't really sure how to respond to that one, as our league has indeed made it very clear that adults are not allowed to warm up pitchers and catchers must be in full gear.
Rule 8.03 says that a pitcher can throw 8 preparatory pitches, but that it can't exceed one minute. Coach says that's one minute from when the pitcher starts throwing. The problem was that it was taking a couple of minutes for the pitcher and catcher to get out there in the first place. Add 1 minute to that and it's 3 minutes. Much too long.
However, thinking about it now I'm not so sure a pitcher needs someone in a squatting position to warm up. Wouldn't it be warm up enough to be playing catch with another kid?
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