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Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re
Last night varsity softball. I am on the bases. Visiting team changes pitchers. While HP and the coach deal with substitutions, I do my due diligence and count warm up pitches. When she finished the 4th one, I told the home plate umpire one more.
The coach comes all unglued that we should not be counting warm up pitches unless we count both teams. HP and coach exchange pleasantries and coach gets a warning to knock it off.
I have never seen such a conflict over something so petty.
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Definitely petty, even with the situation needing a pitcher change.
I often wonder how many of us enforce the excess pitch rule and whether it matters if the catcher/pitcher has been told no more.
A lot of catchers think 5 pitches and THEN a throw down pitch.
