help with calls made last night's game

[csuram]

guys what about not being able to call my players over when they call time and coach goes and talks to pitcher...i am being told i can only talk to my players once per inning...if he goes out for the next time out i cannot bring my players over and talk to them..thanks

[LMan]

Husker answered your question:

Sitch 1: As long as you do not delay the game any further, you can talk to your players when the defense is conferring. If you continue to talk to your players after the defensive conference is over, then you can be charged with the offensive conference.

[DG]

Originally Posted by csuram

guys what about not being able to call my players over when they call time and coach goes and talks to pitcher...i am being told i can only talk to my players once per inning...if he goes out for the next time out i cannot bring my players over and talk to them..thanks

When playing FED rules, if offensive coach calls TO to confer with batter or runners then he can only have one per inning. If he gathers batter or runners together during a TO called by defense as long as this discussion breaks up about the same time the defensive conference does, ie no delay of game, he is not charged with an offensive conference. This can happen more than once per inning.

In OBR he can call TO for as many offensive conferences per inning as the PU will stand for. There is no such thing as being charged with an offensive conference in OBR.

[SanDiegoSteve]

If, on the other hand, the offensive coach requests and is granted time to confer with a batter or a runner, and the defensive coach goes out to talk to his pitcher during the offensive conference, the defensive coach is charged with a trip to the mound (NCAA and OBR/PBUC official interpretation).

[csuram]

so do we all agree with pro rules a. I can talk to my runners and batter as many times as i want per inning without being charged a time out if we break up when they break up....and B. in pro rules runner is out and batter gets 1st...15yr old babe ruth plays pro rules...thanks csuram

[SanDiegoSteve]

A) You can talk to your runners, and there is no such thing as a charged offensive time out under your rules.

B) Correct.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by csuram

so do we all agree

As Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) said to Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in Pulp Fiction, "that would be an exercise in futility..."

[DG]

Originally Posted by csuram

so do we all agree with pro rules a. I can talk to my runners and batter as many times as i want per inning without being charged a time out if we break up when they break up

We can almost agree. I am not going to allow you to delay the game significantly. So if you call time to talk to a batter, a pitch is thrown, and you do it again, I'm going to get real sensitive to offensive time outs for the rest of the game. But if you want to talk to batter and runners while defensive coach is talking to a pitcher, help yourself.

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by DG

We can almost agree. I am not going to allow you to delay the game significantly. So if you call time to talk to a batter, a pitch is thrown, and you do it again, I'm going to get real sensitive to offensive time outs for the rest of the game. But if you want to talk to batter and runners while defensive coach is talking to a pitcher, help yourself.

Well he only gets one an inning, I'll say I'll be sensitive to that!

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Well he only gets one an inning, I'll say I'll be sensitive to that!

In High School he gets one an inning. In OBR it's until he abuses the privledge. The umpire can stop him, as DG just said, because it is a point not covered in the rules.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by csuram

guys what about not being able to call my players over when they call time and coach goes and talks to pitcher...i am being told i can only talk to my players once per inning...if he goes out for the next time out i cannot bring my players over and talk to them..thanks

In FED, Little League, and most other rules codes I'm familiar with, the "other" team can conference for free when a team has a charged conference. I'm don't know if there is a specific ruling in support or to the contrary for your Cal Ripken, but if I were a bettor, I would bet that such an interpretation exists.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Dave Hensley

In FED, Little League, and most other rules codes I'm familiar with, the "other" team can conference for free when a team has a charged conference. I'm don't know if there is a specific ruling in support or to the contrary for your Cal Ripken, but if I were a bettor, I would bet that such an interpretation exists.

Well, Dave, if you were really paying attention, he said it was Babe Ruth, who could never, ever be mistaken for Cal Ripken. Babe Ruth, playing as he put it "pro rules," which probably means modified OBR. And under OBR, I just posted the proper interp. The offense can confer during a defensive charged trip, but the defense cannot have a free trip during an offensive conference.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Well, Dave, if you were really paying attention, he said it was Babe Ruth, who could never, ever be mistaken for Cal Ripken.

Cal Ripken is the 12 yearold division of Babe Ruth Baseball, Inc. So sue me.

[SanDiegoSteve]

I know this, didn't you see the smiley face? It meant I was j/k.