It's Why We Call Them Rats......

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Spoken like a true coach, Rich. But I'm going to move you along when you start coaching. And if you get cockey, I'm going to put you in your place.

But if you do an injury visit on your pitcher, now I have a rule to et you moving along if you start coaching!

And the umpire's manual dictates that I be standing there with you to make sure you are not tending to issues other than the injury. Once the conversation chagnes course, we're through and we're playing ball. If you want to keep talking to him, then we have a charged time out.

With the batter sitch mentioned - if I hear the "coaching" I'm moving you along, and if I get the "I'm checking on my player, he's hurt" comment I'm going to ask "What does not letting a fastball get by him have to do with his injury?" I see no issue with a comment as you walk away -after all it only takes two seconds - but during the injury time out, we need to be tending to the injury.

We could tell players to "get hurt" so we can come talk to them. Hey that works, fake an injury, I'll come tell PU that I'm tending to your injury and I can tell you to drag bunt down the 3BL, F5 is playing very deep. We could have a sign for that - hat = steal, chin = bunt, belt to cheek = get hurt.

I went off the deep end, but we have to draw a line somewhere or else it will get to that. Discussion leads away from the injury looks like a good line to me.