After the IP call...

[Dukat]

What do you do?

1. Explain to the coach
2. Explain to the player
3. Neither
4. Both

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dukat

What do you do?

1. Explain to the coach
2. Explain to the player
3. Neither
4. Both

Depends upon level of competition and/or play, player's ability to understand, coaches ability to understand or whether all parties are aware what happened was illegal.

[Dukat]

I was mostly thinking about the High School FP game.

When you call it you always get the looks and normally it is easy as the coach will come up to you and ask what was illegal and you tell him, he calls time and tells his pitcher.

I have head the pitcher look over and ask though and I just wanted to see what everyone else does.

[Dakota]

In HS varsity, I would not explain anything to anyone unless asked. If the coach does not ask, my assumption is he knows what his pitcher did wrong.

In lower levels of play, I may ask the coach and F1 if they know what F1 did wrong. Many times, the coach will ask first, and after the explanation, ...

(wait for it....)

"She's been doing that all season and you're the first one to call that."

[Skahtboi]

I have much the same approach as Tom, though even at the lower levels I will wait to be asked.

[Dukat]

But what if it is the pitcher who looks over and asks and not the coach?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dakota

In HS varsity, I would not explain anything to anyone unless asked. If the coach does not ask, my assumption is he knows what his pitcher did wrong.

Well, that would go back to my response. Just because a game is HS varsity does not mean play is at a higher level. I've seen some HS games that was barely higher than that of a 14U game.

It is to the umpire's benefit as much as the player to make them aware of what you have ruled illegal.