Catcher throws to first on a bases empty ball four.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by RogersUmp

No outs no R. B1 walks and F2 fires the ball down to F3 ahead of the B1. I have only seen this a couple times in youth ball (16U) using FED rules and both times I warned the catcher. I told him if he hits BR with the ball I will eject him for unsportsmanslike conduct. Have any of you seen this? Do you ignore?

Wow! And yet another example of umpires making up rules! We have this post and another guy warning a team for throwing around the horn with runners on. Where you people get this stuff? Really! Maybe I am missing something at the rules meetings or in my studying! Again, I am going to say we umpire by the rules written in the rule books and nothing else!

I can see this is going to be an interesting season.