Home Run Hug

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Manny A

"Coach, runner's assistance violations only occur during a live ball. Any other questions?"

Of course, different rule sets treat this a little different. I believe coach's assistance can also occur when a runner misses a base and the coach physically assists him/her back to the base. But that's not what happened here.

If I'm your coach, that isn't going to fly, as it's simply not true.

I suspect I would say something more like - "Coach, he did not assist her in reaching the base - in my judgment she would have reached it without his help... if anything, he hindered her."

More than likely, this doesn't come up anyway --- and for the record, if I WAS the coach in this situation, I would not have approached you to ask about it anyway.