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Old Mon Apr 16, 2018, 02:59pm
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There is no charged defensive conference that’s what we’re debating.
So the batter strokes a foul ball deep into the left field corner. As F7 goes down there to retrieve the ball, the first base coach calls the runner from second over to near first base to tell her something. Then she heads back to second base and is standing on it well before the ball is returned to F1 in the circle. Should that be an offensive conference?

F8 is having trouble with the setting sun, so she requests Time to run over to the dugout to get a visor and/or some sunglasses. During that time, the third base coach calls the batter up to her to whisper a few words into her ear. By the time F8 is back in position, the batter is in the box ready for the next pitch.

Runner at third breaks for home on an attempted squeeze, but the batter swings away and fouls the ball over the backstop, and the PU has no replacements in his/her bag. As he/she goes to the home dugout to get a new ball, the runner at third returns and stands in the third base box to talk to the coach about signals. She stays there until the PU hands a new ball to F2, and F2 throws it to F1. F1 goes to the back of the circle to make a quick grab of the rosin bag, and as she heads toward the pitcher's plate, the runner returns to third base.

Don't get hung up on the fact that a runner vacates her base or a batter leaves the area of the batter's box when there's a significant delay in the game or the defense requests Time to do something that doesn't meet the definition of a defensive conference. When there is a delay or Time is granted to the defense, nothing in the rules (with the exception of NCAA) states that offensive players cannot talk to coaches.
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Old Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:09pm
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Pitcher and catcher meet (no charge) then batter,runners &coach meet (no charge) now defensive coach comes out who gets charged a conference


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Old Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:29pm
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Pitcher and catcher meet (no charge) then batter,runners &coach meet (no charge) now defensive coach comes out who gets charged a conference


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The defense will be charged a conference unless the coach opts to make a pitching change.
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