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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Just one question, Tom. Do you allow a coach to talk to their pitcher, or any other defensive player, during the warm-up period?
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Yes ... rules allows the coach to talk with his players. Rules are silent on a line up of the first 4 batters due up timing the pitches. Most fields don't have a lot of room between the dugout and the foul lines, so having all those batters with all those swinging bats in an area where defensive players are tossing balls around is not "justified by the umpire" (at least not this umpire). I couldn't care less about the teams playing "head games" unless things start to take a nasty turn - it has to do more with safety.