After the IP call...

[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?

[Skahtboi]

If the player asks, I will call the coach out to the circle and inform both of them at the same time.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

If the player asks, I will call the coach out to the circle and inform both of them at the same time.

This is how I deal with it.

[Dukat]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

If the player asks, I will call the coach out to the circle and inform both of them at the same time.

I would assume since you called time you did not charge a charged conference to the DC. What if you told the coach and then he went out to tell his pitcher? Do you charge a conference then? You would have to IMHO.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Dukat

I would assume since you called time you did not charge a charged conference to the DC. What if you told the coach and then he went out to tell his pitcher? Do you charge a conference then? You would have to IMHO.

You are correct as far as I am concerned. However, if you tell a coach and then accompany him to the circle as he tells the player, this would still fall under the domain of an official's time out. Now, if you don't go out there with him, and have no idea what instruction he may be giving apart from the IP, then you would probably have to charge him a conference. That is where preventative umpiring, i.e. walking to the circle with the coach, comes in handy!

[SRW]

I'm not here to give a rules and mechanics clinic about pitching. Call it, then remain silent unless asked by either DC or F1. Explain it to them when asked. If DC talks to F1, it's a conference (unless he pulls F1... )

[MrRabbit]

Originally Posted by SRW

I'm not here to give a rules and mechanics clinic about pitching. Call it, then remain silent unless asked by either DC or F1. Explain it to them when asked. If DC talks to F1, it's a conference (unless he pulls F1... )

Does either the ASA or NFHS rule book address charging a conference when this happens ?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Dukat

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

I'd probably call TIME and answer her question, same as I would for F2 if she asked.

[ronald]

Our association's procedure is to call time and ask the pitcher is she knows what she did wrong.