Player/Managers in MLB

[nickdangerME]

Rich:

I'm not sure I buy the argument that a player-manager on the field can't tell another player to "go talk to him" without being charged a visit. The rule you quoted covers a situation when a coach or manager "goes to" another fielder who then "goes to" the pitcher." So long as the player-manager hangs out near his normal position and just yells over to an infielder, "Go talk to him" without "going to" other fielder, I don't see a visit. Similarly, if the player-manager yells to the pitcher, "Pitch him fastballs up and in, he'll bail every time," or, "Keep you shoulder down," I don't see a visit. If he wants to give his instructions out loud without "going to" the pitcher, there's no visit there any more than if the manager yells from the bench. Is there something more to it I'm overlooking?


Nick