Manager Warning

[noumpere]

My take (perhaps slightly different from Rich's):  If the coach comes out and the runner happens to stay on / near the base, that's no big deal.  What is a big(ger) deal is when the coach pops up, says, "stay there!" to the runner and then comes out.

[NCAAump2]

I agree with @noumpere, but definitely understand where Rich is coming from.  If the runner stays on the base on his own without being instructed to do so, that's one thing.  If the coach tells the runner to stay on the base and not go to the dugout, to me that's him showing me up, telling me that he says he's safe so he stays there. 

 

[umpire_scott]

3 hours ago, MUAump2 said:

I agree with @noumpere, but definitely understand where Rich is coming from.  If the runner stays on the base on his own without being instructed to do so, that's one thing.  If the coach tells the runner to stay on the base and not go to the dugout, to me that's him showing me up, telling me that he says he's safe so he stays there. 

 

I guess I've just never considered it as showing me up.  I don't take it personally at all.  I can understand Rich's point about having to send him to the dugout after the conversation is over.  Especially since as he stated he almost never gets help.  So he knows before hand that the call is going to stay.    

 

I think level of play probably has something to to with it as well.  A good experienced coach knows that if the call gets changed we'll bring the runner back and at the higher level of play the other coach probably would not try and argue abandonment.  But for a coach that is not very experienced he might really think if his runner leaves the base he is liable to be put out.

[RichMSN]

If the coach doesn't demand that the runner stay, I probably don't even notice him.

My post really starts with the coach saying, "Stay there!"