- Jun 18, 2010
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Last weekend, our team faced an opponent who had a third base coach that would call our pitch locations out to their batters. Our catchers would call the pitch, then setup to receive the pitch. Once the catcher would set up the third base coach would yell the pitch location to the batter. It was all that I could do to calm one of our assistant coaches down, an ex college baseball pitcher. He wanted to send a message to the 3rd base coach in the form of a fastball into the ribs of the batter. I know the feeling of the board about throwing at batters. He said there has to be some way of self policing the jerk coaches out there and plunking a batter is how they did it in baseball. I am sure there will be responses to not have the catcher move, and to try some deception (set up outside, then throw inside), but that is not the point. I have heard the message on this forum several times about "let the girls play". I am not upset at the 13 yo runner on second signaling inside or outside, but I have a real problem with the 45 yo beer belly coaching third calling out the pitch locations.