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[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

So, what are they going to do if they get a call telling them their wife is going into labor? If a call can be made to his/her phone, one can certainly be made to 911. If the coach means to be involved in the delivery of the child, what the hell is s/he doing on the damn ballfield?!?!

In the cases I dealt with, they didn't get that call during the game. I understood them to mean that they were planning to coach until they got that call, and would leave immediately if it came.

It wasn't my business, nor did I ask, if they planned to go home and pick up their wife, or meet her at the hospital. I only dealt with the agreement that this was an acceptable (at least in my opinion) reason for them to keep their cellphone immediately accessible, and not risk setting it down, and potentially missing that urgent call. Certainly I could have suggested they have someone else off the field monitor their phone, but, given the emotions involved, I left it alone.