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Originally Posted by Chess Ref
Fed rules. So we have a 10 run rule after 5 innings. Home team is up by 9. R1 on 2B grounder to short, overthrown into DB area so I award R1 her 2 bases game over, right. Ha Ha Home coach wants to decline the award and keep playing so we get into a little bit of a discussion.
He at one point told player to just go into the dugout, forcing me to call her out and the game to continue on.
My question is if coach tells player to go to dugout can I justify something along the lines of restricting him to dugout or possible ejection for not playing within the spirit of the rules or should I just ring up the out and move on ?
He eventually sent girl home and we had a game over....
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NFHS Rule 4
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SECTION 3 FORFEITED GAME
ART. 1 . . . A game shall be forfeited to the offended team by the umpire when a team:
d. persists in tactics designed to delay or shorten the game.
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If you are having a discussion with the coach, the runner entering the dugout means nothing - the ball is dead. She was not out, and if you do not declare the ball live again, she cannot be out.
Inform the coach he has two choices: end the game by winning, or by forfeit.