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Originally Posted by Dholloway1962
Time expired first and I again told the coach to send the batter to the plate, which he didn't. He refused to continue to play so forfeit.
Coach violated rule 5 sections 4
C. Refused to continue to play
D. failed to resume play within 2 minutes after play ball declared
E. employed tactics noticeably desgined to delay or hasten the game
F. after warning by the umpire, willfully violated rules of the game
Those of you that say I pulled the trigger too quick, how long would you have waited? There was no signs of him putting the batter back, he was obviously grandstanding and trying to show me up, and just being a jacka..
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After time expired, game over. You gave him one more chance after that, so yup, no choice how it played out but to forfeit it and he has to do what umpirebog said.
Two minutes is enough time I think for D. As for F, that has to be much less. Give coach time to process what you have told him and no more than 10 seconds to make a decision and specifically ask him for his decision.
My biggest question was what transpired during the 2 minutes. If you gave him your decision and moved on great. My first impression from the reading is there might have been some back and forth during the 2 minutes.
That is what I am trying to ascertain.
Thanks, Ron
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