Had an interesting game at a 12u mixed C-league tournament this weekend. Opposing pitcher was throwing 50mph (clocked on a pocket radar) but had control issues. She drilled 5 of the first 9 batters. After 4, the ump called the opposing coach aside and asked him to have his pitcher back off and try to improve her control. She then threw a couple of hard strikes followed by another fast hit by pitch. Ump told the coach she was done pitching. Opposing parents where being pretty nasty to the ump and to our head coach. They were yelling at the ump that he couldn't force them to pull the pitcher (she was there only pitcher). Opposing coach relented and put another girl in to finish the inning. She had at least knew the general mechanics of pitching, but was all over the place and hit another batter (at a slower speed luckily). Our girls were afraid to even go to the plate. On a side note to the general mentality of the team/coaches, the left fielder was the only one wearing a fielding mask. Are there any general safety rules that allow an ump to force a pitching change?
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