Just curious... other than the first game of the season in a local league that has squirrelly rules that have to be explained... and other than that once-per-season odd ground rule (if that often)
Has any coach ever learned anything from an umpire at the plate conference? Has any umpire ever learned anything useful from a coach (other than ... "OK, now I know which coach is going to be a problem today"
)?
The conference is for the exchanging of lineup cards and (rarely) the discussion of any weird ground rules. Everything else is fluff.