[greymule]

Thanks for the information. I brought this up partly because I was wondering about it recently, and partly because the same question came up on the baseball board and the tentative wisdom seemed to be that if the batter doesn't contact the ball and create a "play," then the coach does not have a choice.

Of course, baseball and softball may differ, but it would be an interesting difference.

It seems to me that not offering the coach a choice could penalize the offending team.

The baseball thread is under "Catcher's Obstruction" and was started by "thumpferee."