- Oct 12, 2011
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How do you get the umps to call the batter out for making contact with the ball when they are out of the batters box? My team plays 12u travel ball and I have 2 pitchers who are not very fast (47-48mph) but throw alot of junk. These 2 pitchers get alot ground ball outs. To combat this the other teams move way up in the box. In travel ball we play alot of games on the same field so the box kinda disappears. Most of the umps just say there is no box left so can t make that call. Some of the hitters were so far forward that my catcher was almost sitting on the point of the plate and still could not come close to touching their back elbow which we use as guide to see if we are close enough to the batter. Because you know if the ball hits the ground before reaching the catcher they are going to call it a ball. Why cant the umps take a bat and draw a line or something. Clearly they are out of the box. What would be the correct way to discuss this with the umps? Because they are definitely not going to reline the fields after every game.