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Originally Posted by EsqUmp
Do NOT instruct players what to do. That's coaching. We don't want coaches to umpire and we should not coach.
What if the player was wrong? The ball is either in play or out of play. We shouldn't direct players what to do. If that is what the coach wants to tell his players to do, so be it. But it is not our position to coach players.
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This is pretty much a standard instruction that umpires give at plate conferences when games are played on fields that aren't completely enclosed with permanent fencing. I've never heard anyone--until now--say that this is a form of coaching.
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Wed Apr 03, 2013, 07:54am
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