I had a rather pointed disagreement with one of assistant coaches today because he insisted on throwing up the stop sign to of prevent "running up the score". We play in a league with no mercy rule and a 5 run rule per an inning. My team is very is very a good running team and although we were playing a weak team today I know we are playing our fiercest rival on Saturday. My position was we should keep on running to keep my team in shape for the rival game. The assistant coach in question called me a bad sport and refused to honor my request. It wasn't just running on overthrows he was stopping them on legitimate doubles from taking more than one base. My intention was not only to keep my team use to running but also get my 2nd team infielders some reps. So here the question... is there some unwritten rule about base to base running when you or ahead or am I being a butthead?