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Question: 3rd base coaches box
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Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 8:29 AM

Is the coaches box at third base just a suggestion? Yesterday, early in the game against Wofford, their third base coach was halfway between 3rd and home when they had a runner on second. This obviously gives the coach an advantage because he has 1/2 second more to decide whether he sends or holds a runner in a potential play at home. I’m not cracking on the Wofford coach for this, he’s just doing his job, I’m just curious about the rule. He stopped doing it later in the game. Not sure if an ump said anything to him or not.

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I don’t understand how does the coach’s position give him an


Apr 28, 2022, 8:43 AM

Advantage on when he has to make the call? Shouldn’t the only thing that matters be the position of the base runner and the ball?

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Re: Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 9:26 AM

Yes it’s very suggestive. It’s like the coaches boundaries in basketball and the coach is at mid court.

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Re: Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 9:36 AM

You pose an interesting question . This has been a puzzle for many years to most baseball fans. The rule states that the first and third base coach “SHALL” stay in the box at all times. Rarely is this ruled enforced at any level of the game. It is simply a baseball rule that has always been ignored by the boys in blue.

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Re: Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 10:07 AM

Umps where black some too

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Re: Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 10:58 AM

Wear*

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Re: Question: 3rd base coaches box


Apr 28, 2022, 9:32 AM

Coaches have always gone halfway to home so they can wait till the last moment whether to stop the runner or not.

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