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I disagree... with your cohorts. The coaches were told the rules. It's not our job to hold a rules clinic, nor to try to figure out which coaches know what. Telling a coach that knows the rules something like, "you know, if you visit the mound again, your pitcher comes out" is likely sound condescending and lead to a well-deserved rebuke from the coach and possibly your UIC.
We are not there to coach or advise the coaches. Period. (Had a partner loudly tell the pitcher after an outside pitch, "Bring it in a bit!" Coach had a conniption fit. The pitch was SUPPOSED to be outside - my partner coaching the pitcher was NOT received well and he took a lot of grief over it from our UIC.)
I'm assuming the ruleset was mentioned at the plate conference. I usually end with "Anyone have any questions?" Kind of covers it all. Not my fault if someone doesn't know something.
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West Houston Mike
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