04-23-2018, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Gazoo
Totally legal. And totally bush league. There's an example of a guy who read the rule book and knew he COULD call a strike (twice). Just because you can't doesn't mean you should.
Tell the player "son, the ball is in play, that pitcher can throw the ball any time he wants, and if he doesn't I'm still going to call a strike in about 5 seconds." The batter will come running. Then tell BOTH coaches between innings that we're getting this game moving, and moving right now.
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Or you do what the Royal ump does...point at the pitcher and just say 'play ball'.
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