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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
With some preventative officiating, it shouldn't make a difference.
When the coach requests "time", I am immediately stating "Coach, you do realize if I grant this time out you are required to change your pitcher, right?"
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Not true
What if the coach is requesting time to discuss a play/call with you or any of your partners?
I know you are not going to remove the pitcher.
Also, not true is Dakota's assumption that a pitcher can never be removed by rule.
What if a coach requests or just enters the field of play for a conference AFTER previously using the allotment of 3?
In any circumstance, the pitcher can ALWAYS return to pitch. Just that if having been removed by rule, after one pitch, she is DQd. Of course, this is where the preventive umpiring comes into play.