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Originally Posted by umpire99
This might be a HTBT play, but I was calling a FED game last night. F1 throws a wild pitch that bounds toward the third base side on deck circle with a right handed batter at the plate. As the catcher is going after the ball, I tell the hitter to get out of the way. He exits the box toward third base. The catcher throws the ball and hits the batter in the helmet and the ball gets away. What should have been called?
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You should have called nothing when you told batter to move. Don't coach. YOU affected this play, you can't very well call the hitter out now for it.
Had the hitter not moved, and the catcher hit batter with a throw, you have nothing but a dmc.