taking out coaches box line

[wadeintothem]

Originally posted by smsuatroy
I think the main reason for putting in the rule was the slap hitters werre erasing the line to try to gain an avantage and FED felt the coaches were telling thier player's to do it . so that is why the coach penalty.

This is obviously why they implemented the batters box rule and I know for a fact they were being taught to remove the lines - the problem being discussed is the lame question about the coaches box.

[MichaelVA2000]

At the Federation rules clinic I attended the clinician suggested we give the coach warning first and if a coach/es for that team does it again then call a strike on the batter.

My thought process on this is: after you bang the batter for a strike and the coach goes ballistic, there will be a chat with the coach followed by an incident report regarding the ejection.