What is the rule?
What is the rule in high school softball for a batter throwing her bat multiple times and making contact with the empire and catcher?
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In NFHS the umpire can issue a team warning for the first incident and after that the next player to throw a bat and I believe the coach are restricted to the dugout.
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Careless, definitely not maliciously.
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The umpire can warn the team for carelessly throwing the bat. Any future batter who throws her bat will be ejected from the game, per NFHS rules.
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From the NFHS Improper Conduct Chart:
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Found it
Fed 3-6 art 16 |
What's the difference, for players, anyway? AFAIK, players can't really be removed from the premises,because they are (usually) minors and need to be under supervision, so a dugout restriction is practically synonymous with an ejection for a player (except if suspensions are involved, maybe).
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Nothing can be done about careless throwing unless it interferes with the play then we have an out.
7-4-14 The batter throws her bat and interferes with a defensive player attempting a play. NOTE: lf the bat breaks and a portion is hit by the ball or hits a runner or fielder, no infraction has occurred. Rule 3-6-16 Team personnel shall not deliberately throw bats, helmets or any other piece of equipment. |
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3-6-3 covers it. ART. 3 . . . A team member shall not carelessly throw a bat. PENALTY: (Arts. 2 through 10) The umpire shall issue a team warning to the coach of the team involved and the next offender on that team shall be restricted to the dugout/bench for the remainder of the game. |
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Ejections carry the penalty of "out of sight, out of sound" which means the ejected person leaves. Since HS players are minors and require supervision we don't impose the penalty of "ejection" on a player. A player is "restricted to the dugout". An adult (coach or other bench personnel) can be ejected. NFHS also allows us the intermediary penalty of a restriction to the dugout for the adult personnel. |
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