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A. If the coach was asked nicely and refused to comply, I have no sympathy for him on what followed. Some coaches just have to be hit over the head...I owned a dog like that once
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Mon Nov 27, 2006, 10:16pm
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I've always said every coach has to be treated like a smart, large dog. If you aint willing to smack 'em good every now & then you're finished. 
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Thu Nov 30, 2006, 02:41pm
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I've never had a problem with a bucket sitter, unless he opens his mouth to complain. I had a coach start screaming about a call at second from his bucket in live ball territory. Finally, after he wouldn't let it go, I forced him to move his bucket back inside the dugout. 1 1/2 innings later he casually came by and asked if he could go back to his bucket if he promised to keep his mouth shut. I agreed, glad that he got the point.
My strike zone is my strike zone. The only time it gets bigger is if the score is 38-0 and we are still in the 3rd inning! Then it may get wider, but not outrageously.
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Mon Dec 04, 2006, 08:50pm
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Its not OOO to get the buckets where they belong,, back in the dugout, or under a faucet. Where did all this start? And why? Its not allowed in live ball territory in Fed, and you sure wont see it in College. So why at the youth level. If coach needs to give signs he can give em the way they have always been given. Now your starting to see variations of the bucket... little fold out chairs, etc.....no need.
When I first started, the guy who mentored me always said the following at the plate meeting (youth ball) "...and guys, no buckets, benches, barrels, or barcaloungers, you and your coaches, can come out, no further than the end of your dugout...." etc... Always got a slight smile from the coaches, and never had a problem.... That worked for him. On the occasion I do youth ball, its a quick mention at the plate meeting, and never a problem. Here in So Cal, the bucket brigade is starting to go away. Dont see it much anymore, as it seems more officials are moving em out...
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Wed Dec 06, 2006, 02:04pm
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Kind of stupid to penalize a batter for getting a prompt start to first base on what could be a 4th ball. The ball is live and he can keep going - it is not "showing up the umpire" to try to get whatever advantage he can.
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