Pre-game warmup question

[RadioBlue]

Now... let me give you the rest of the story.

Apparently there is a school in our area that likes their pitcher to pitch from the game pitcher's plate while the rest of the team is taking infield/outfield. I had a fellow umpire ask me what I thought of such a practice. My response was, "There's nothing in the rules book against it. As far as I'm concerned, the field is theirs to use as they see fit while they run their infield."

During infield warm ups, I've seen pitchers throw actual pitches to catchers for the purpose of catchers throwing down to various bases to practice pickoffs, etc. I've not had a problem with that.

The umpire who had this occur in their game contacted the state association which has responded pitchers should not warm up from the circle during infield practice as it is a safety issue. Just curious what the rest of you thought.

Thanks for the discussion.