I had a coach tell me the other day...

[ozzy6900]

Maybe he was thinking of the NCAA rule about only coaches may touch home run hitters. For some reason, the home run hitter is sacred and serile and may not be touched.

NCAA 5.2

d. After a home run, no offensive team member, other than the base

coaches, shall touch the batter-runner before home plate has been
touched. Team personnel, except for preceding base runners, shall not
enter the dirt circle at home plate to congratulate the batter-runner.

PENALTY for d.—After a warning for the first offense, ejection from the

contest of one of the offending players.
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Of course, in FED, all players must be in the dugout or it's a team warning then the umpire can start ejecting players.

FED 3-3

ART. 1... A coach, player, substitute, attendant or other bench personnel shall not:

a. leave the dugout during a live ball for an unauthorized purpose;

PENALTY: At the end of playing action, the umpire shall issue a warning to the coach of the team involved and the next offender on that team shall be ejected, except for (f), where the coach shall be ejected. In (b), it is also obstruction (8-3-2).

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Of course, as you can see, the runner is never called out in either rule. So there is the proof that you need to take to the umpire for his education.

Oh I almost forgot, OBR has nothing for this so the suggestion is to use the FED rule (good luck trying).

Regards