giving the situation to new pitcher

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Manny A

I've actually seen it more often in baseball. I wonder if that's just a baseball thing that some dual-hatted and transitioning umpires brought over to the softball side. I haven't been to a baseball clinic in many years, so I don't know if it's something that is endorsed as a courtesy on the grassed diamond.

It is only the practice of bad baseball umpires.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Rich

It is only the practice of bad baseball umpires.

That's what I suspected.

I still believe that at some point in the past, it was a common thing, and it's being kept alive by umpires who learned from those old-timers who did it.