Dugout decorum

[Steve Emerson]

I have always gone by the old standard, players inside except for on-deck batter and he will have on a helmet, coaches are fair game. If they want to be outside and I mean only the adult coaches, no more than three, they are taking their own chances. If it is a field that has an area designated as dead ball so that coaches from both teams can sit outside they had better stay inside that area. If it does not have a designated area, "Coach you had better be able to get out of the way of the ball or any fielder who may need to get there or we are going to have interference. So far it's working.