Is it legal or ethical for a team to warm-up their pitcher on the game mound during pre-game infield?
I have coached and played for quite sometime and I have never seen this until recently from one high school only.
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Probably legal,I will defer that for the HS folks though. He's still only getting eight though.
Ethical, hmm, doubtful IMO.
Just a home coach trying to get the V's goat.
Visiting pitcher gets the same amount, so no big deal.
I have seen pitchers attend and participate in infield warm-ups, can't say I've ever seen one pitch though.
Ethical, hmm, doubtful IMO.
Just a home coach trying to get the V's goat.
Visiting pitcher gets the same amount, so no big deal.
I have seen pitchers attend and participate in infield warm-ups, can't say I've ever seen one pitch though.
My issue is he warms-up (30-40 pitches) and it doesn't matter whether they are at home or not. They did it at our place as well and we have a good visitor's bullpen. I asked other coaches if they did it at their place too and all said yes. I see it as a way for his pitcher to get an unfair advantage. I personally will not allow my pitcher to do it, I think it goes against baseball etiquitte. Just wondering if it is against the rules.
Before the plate conference (no players are on the field for that), there is no starting pitcher. I don't start counting warm-up pitches until I have received the lineups at the plate conference.
This is one of those things that is not covered for NFHS rules....It is however a rule or Official Interpretation in higher baseball....I am imagining that since the quality of many HS fields is often questionable and the availability of a warmup mounds or bullpens is not a given....
that being said....
NFHS has no provision in the rules to prevent this...
NCAA- The pitchers may not warm up on the Game mound...if the visitors bullpen mound is not acceptable, the visitor may appeal to the UIC for permission to use the home team practice mound...the pitcher may have a maximum of 20 minutes in the last 30 minutes prior to the pregame meeing...
OBR- In pro rules the point is not covered in the rule book, but there is an official interpretation from PBUC
Off Interp- 286-405 PBUC Manual- the home team pitcher may not warm up on the mound before a game, insteasd he must use the bull pen mound, just like the visitors pitcher....
SO nothing you can do about HS, But college and Pro or youth leagues that use pro rules, it is not permitted....
Hope this helps...
that being said....
NFHS has no provision in the rules to prevent this...
NCAA- The pitchers may not warm up on the Game mound...if the visitors bullpen mound is not acceptable, the visitor may appeal to the UIC for permission to use the home team practice mound...the pitcher may have a maximum of 20 minutes in the last 30 minutes prior to the pregame meeing...
OBR- In pro rules the point is not covered in the rule book, but there is an official interpretation from PBUC
Off Interp- 286-405 PBUC Manual- the home team pitcher may not warm up on the mound before a game, insteasd he must use the bull pen mound, just like the visitors pitcher....
SO nothing you can do about HS, But college and Pro or youth leagues that use pro rules, it is not permitted....
Hope this helps...
The only thing I can think of is that it could be a safety issue. You have a pitcher warming up with the coach hitting baseballs all around him. There is a chance he could be hit by a fungo.
Would it be legal for us to leave the tarp on the mound until right before the home-plate conference then?
quote:Originally posted by Smallpotatoes:
Would it be legal for us to leave the tarp on the mound until right before the home-plate conference then?
There is nothing in the rules that covers this.
As long as you have a bull pen or a practice mound for them to warm up on, I dont see any reason that would not be acceptable....
Thank you all for your input.