New pitcher - do you tell her the sitch?

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Originally Posted by vcblue

Yep this is old school. Worked with a partner this year that came back from 5 years off, and he taught me this way, but I stopped doing it after working higher level ball.

Here is one for you all. What do you do when a batter is hit by a batted ball in the box. Personally I state "foul ball" and if it was not obvious I will point to the batter in the box and say "Hit her in the box". 99.9% of the coaches and players know what I mean.

However, last year I was told by a rookie blue from a different district that I was doing it wrong. That I must call "Dead Ball"-Point and say, "Hit her in the box"-Then follow up with "Foul Ball". To me this seems redundant.

I just holler a quick "Foul ball!" If I'm asked for a reason, I just tell them the ball hit her foot/leg/whatever.

Most of the time, when you're killing it this quickly, they already know why.