Thrown ball hits coach's bucket

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Originally Posted by danreeves1973

Know you weren't calling but was the bucket being on the field covered as part of ground rules? I've called tournaments at that age level under Dixie League where a bucket at the entrance to the dugout was allowed (district director and tournament director had declared it to be so), a box was drawn, bucket inside it, and it was declared dead ball territory.

We have a HS field the same way. the way it was built it's virtually impossible for the catcher to see into the dugout to get signs. They chalk a ~3'x3' square at the entrance & is considered part of the dugout.