Everyone Stopped!

[youngump]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Assuming this is fastpitch, in this situation, it doesn't matter. Unless the OC has some bizarre preference for having his batter declared out, the end result will be a ball on the batter. Waiting for the clueless to get a clue is a waste of time since it will have no effect on the game.

Having been in that situation with some extremely unskilled players, I eventually whispered to the girl to run to first where she was promptly thrown out. I don't have any strong disagreement with what Dakota said but I'm pretty sure they'll learn better what to expect if you don't kill the ball.