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For those of you that believe I should have ignored the coaches on the field I have just one question. What do you say when a player becomes injured due to these coaches being out of the dugout? There is no reason why they should be on the playing field. They do not need to be and the reason they are is because umpires let them. In my case these were 10 year olds. At this point they have the basic fundamentals and do not need a coach standing beside them giving them directions. I have umpired youth leagues before where a coach is permitted outside the dugout and no issues have arose. The difference though is that those leagues allowed it within their rules and it was 1 coach and not 5. I have also seen a lot of situations develop that would not have had the coaches been in the dugout where they belong.
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