Parent calling out catcher setup

[ValleyUmp]

Saw this online, want some thoughts.

This was a 90' field so older kids.

Player A is at bat. F2 habitually sets up early, before pitcher starts his motion. Middle aged woman's voice (presumably Mom) is calling out "Inside" or "Outside" every time as the pitcher begins his motion. It's loud enough for the batter to hear, which means PU is hearing it too. She's only doing this when A is batting - not for any of A's teammates.

Do you:

A) Do nothing, "ignore the fans" as she's not saying anything personal or profane?

B) Call over offense's HC and tell him the woman needs to stop or OHC will be ejected?

C) Directly address/attempt to remove the woman?

[noumpere]

A.

 

She's only hurting her own kid in the long-run.

[mac266]

DO NOTHING. We have no authority outside the fence.

[Coach Carl]

"A" all the way. 

 

[eddieq]

I'm for option A.  It's not my problem. 

 

If I'm the defensive coach, I'm working with my catcher to use that.  Set up later OR set up early but once she calls out the position, change the setup at the last moment.  She'll eventually knock it off once she's repeatedly wrong.

[MadMax]

Please, @ValleyUmp, please tell me this was copied & pasted from online, in its entirety... 

12 hours ago, ValleyUmp said:

B) Call over offense's HC and tell him the woman needs to stop or OHC will be ejected?

C) Directly address/attempt to remove the woman?

From what universe do these two options come, that would or should ever even be considered??!!

It is painfully obvious that querier has never attended a professional baseball game, much less a high-end (college, large high school) amateur baseball game. If you truly listen to the game outside the game, you hear this stuff all the time, whether it be tip-telling prognostication or sly, insidious deceit. 

Example: How about all those fans telling a batter to swing (early, of course), hopeful for a strike out? Are we hushing and censoring them?

This is an utterly ridiculous question. 

[The Man in Blue]

Not saying I agree with B, but I’ll make a case for it.  All coaches and team personnel are to be in the team’s dugout.

If mom is being mom and making the same “swing!” comments as the crowd, I have nothing.

If mom is communicating specific information directly to the player and conveying information relevant to the game/enhancing his performance, she is coaching.  That isn’t cheering.

A one-off parent conversation before an at bat, going to let it slide.  Continued calling out of information every at bat, not going to slide.

”Coach, all of your coaches belong in the dugout.  She either isn’t a coach, in which case she needs to stop coaching and the TD needs to handle it, or she is a coach and belongs in the dugout on the bench with you.”

I’m surprised the other team’s battery did not take care of the problem.  (Like I’ve said before, I played with a chip on my shoulder in a different age.)

[eddieq]

5 minutes ago, The Man in Blue said:

 

I’m surprised the other team’s battery did not take care of the problem.  (Like I’ve said before, I played with a chip on my shoulder in a different age.)

You mean the "whoops, sorry about that fastball to the ribs"?  That's how we handled stuff like that as kids.  Not condoning it of course.