Granting time to walk the ball to the pitcher

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Originally Posted by dannyboy

Early on I got burned in a JV game, where runner on third, catcher not paying attention, trying to communicate with F1 just jogs out to him about half way- kids steals home, defensive coach loses his mind on his player AND the other coach and finally on me-. My evaluator was watching and was quick to tell me in the future let catchers know if they want time, just ask- prevents lots of issues...

if they dont...oh well. I agree that catchers get latitude on stuff, heck they are protecting us.

There's nothing wrong with calling time without a request if you deem it appropriate.