Players standing in the dugout openings

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by Andy

The last couple of years, there has been an increase in this particular item, but this year during our HS Season it seems to have really increased....

Several umpires are making a point of addressing this in either the pre-game or during the game. I heard of one umpire that stopped the game four different times during an at-bat to tell players not to stand in the opening to the dugout.

I haven't worked with any of the "dugout enforcers" this year, but last year I had several of my partners pull this stunt in HS games. At a particular high school here with large dugout openings, between innings, I asked him which rule he was enforcing. He said "the one where they can't stand there", so I asked him to show me in the book after the game, so I too could learn this rule.

We didn't have much of a postgame...he drove home still wearing his shin guards and chest protector.