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Originally Posted by jmkupka
...This quote doesn't specifically mention notifying the umpire on their way out.
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No, it doesn't, but I do understand what ASA is saying. They are being very technical and precise in their wording of the rule (a new experience of all of us who have read and studied ASA rules for years...
). If the purpose of the timeout is to deliver a message to the players, it is a charged conference. If the purpose of the timeout is to make a pitching substitution it is not a charged conference, even if during the process of making the substitution, a message is delivered to the players.
Now, is it a charged conference if the coach tells the umpire before talking to anyone that he is making a different defensive substitution (not the pitcher) and then talks with his players while the sub is getting her glove and taking her position on the field?
By the above interpretation, I'd say no, it is not. This time out would be for the purpose of making a sub, wouldn't it? Delivering the message is incidental, just like in the pitching change, isn't it? If not, why not?