Dugout decorum

[Boone]

Some guys think its nitpicky, others don't.

If you don't want buckets on the field have them put them away.

Coaches are starting to take advantage of our kind, gentle nature...all of a sudden we have 4 coaches, a scorekeeper and the team mom all out on their buckets.

But i've seen this summer the umpires reversing the allowance of the buckets. If it is a crappy no-nothing game, let em have em (and no its not interference, don't open that bag of worms). But in big tournaments or fields with not a lot of foul ground, I'm not allowing them. (One coach was bummed cause his dad had fashioned big orange cushions for the buckets).

If I'm feeling generous during the pregame I'll allow the buckets as long as they are NEVER left unattended while ball is play. During a Junior Legion tourney a team from Edmonds kept abandoning their buckets. After a couple warnings went unheeded, I banned their buckets. Well the freaking assistant coach gets himself tossed over it!