thrown ball hits 1b coach

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You have a rule directing you to kill the ball and award bases? If not, and I suspect you do not, it should have been......nothing. Coach hit with a thrown ball with not intent to INT is just a bad throw bouncing off personnel permitted to be where s/he was.

The only issue with this is a potential injury to team personal. This becomes a potential safety issue and the number one job of an umpire is safety before anything else. When someone on the field suffers what could be a significant injury, kill the play then deal with the bases later. Better to kill the play, than have those few seconds play continued be the difference between a potentially less serious and a more serious situation.