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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Should this Little League "coach" even be teaching his players to brush back batters? His only motivation behind doing it was to get a cheap interference call. To me that is abusing the rules of the game. Sadly there is no rule that covers his sleazy tactics, but I know I would have a VERY short leash on him for any arguments over interference.
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I didn't think that it was LL as the throw down to F5 was for a pick-off (leading off is not allowed in LL). As far as drawing the INT call, once you as the umpire read what is going on, you simply make sure that if there really is INT, you call it. Obviously, the benefit of the doubt will go to the batter who is trying to avoid the pitch. And again, if the DC has a problem you simply remind the Rat that if his pitcher would keep the ball out of the batter's box, the batter would not have to avoid the pitch. One and only one reminder of that sort would be all that I would give. After that, the DC is treading on very thin ice.