Illlegal Pitch Effect

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by "Lurker"77

At the JV level with very rough players/coaches early in the season, sometimes preventative-officiating-type conversations take place beyond the bounds where they typically should (dead balls, etc.) in order to get the student-athletes and raw coaches trained properly for later and higher levels, no?

Preventative is one thing (telling a coach that's about to enter the field during a live ball, perhaps accompanied by a stop sign). Preventative things during dead balls are fine too (Hey, coach, your 1st baseman is obstructing on every single ball hit to the outfield).

But I cannot imagine any circumstance where a conversation, preventative or not, during a LIVE ball, could be appropriate at any age where they are keeping score (meaning 10U and up).