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Originally Posted by IAUMP
I am mainly a football and basketball official, but I have been helping our local Little League for the last several years. I had this happen last night, and I would like advise for how to handle it in the future.
Top of the fourth and V1 hits the ball. On his follow through he lets go of the bat (not a drop) and the bat flies directly into my arm. I have reviewed the rule book and there are no rules that address a batter that throws the bat in this way. Is there anything that and Umpire can do (other than let the coach know) to address batters unintentionally throwing the bats?
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"Coach ... please tell your batters not to throw their bats."
Given that MOST coaches believe it's an automatic out (in 99% of the rulesets, it's not), they will usually be insistent with their kids after that, and they will think you're doing them a favor by not tossing their kid or calling them out.