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Originally Posted by gruberted
Hello there.
Saw this in a 11-12 year old league.
Runner of first batter hits a base hit to right. Runner at first goes to second and then heads to third. Ball is thrown in hits off the helmet of the runner and bounces off the fence which is still in play. A coach from the team that was batting picks up the ball and hands it to the third baseman.
Umpire calls the runner at third out for coaches interference.
What is the correct call?
Thanks,
Ted
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At that level with volunteer coaches, if the play was over when the coach picked up the ball, I got nothin' but a reminder to the volunteer that he just touched a live ball.