OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULES

Rule 5.10(1) This rule limits the number of trips a manager or coachmay make to any one pitcher in any one inning;(2) A second trip to the same pitcher in the same inning willcause this pitcher’s automatic removal from the game;(3) The manager or coach is prohibited from making a secondvisit to the mound while the same batter is at bat, but(4) if a pinch-hitter is substituted for this batter, the manageror coach may make a second visit to the mound, but mustremove the pitcher from the game.A manager or coach is considered to have concluded his visit to themound when he leaves the 18-foot circle surrounding the pitcher’srubber.Rule 5.10(l) Comment (Rule 8.06 Comment): If the manager orcoach goes to the catcher or infielder and that player then goesto the mound or the pitcher comes to him at his position beforethere is an intervening play (a pitch or other play) that will bethe same as the manager or coach going to the mound.Any attempt to evade or circumvent this rule by the manager orcoach going to the catcher or an infielder and then that playergoing to the mound to confer with the pitcher shall constitute atrip to the mound.If the coach goes to the mound and removes a pitcher and thenthe manager goes to the mound to talk with the new pitcher,that will constitute one trip to that new pitcher that inning.A manager or coach shall not be considered to have concludedhis visit to the mound if he temporarily leaves the 18-foot circlesurrounding the pitcher’s rubber for purposes of notifyingthe umpire that a double-switch or substitution is being made.In a case where a manager has made his first trip to the moundand then returns the second time to the mound in the sameinning with the same pitcher in the game and the same batter atbat, after being warned by the umpire that he cannot return tothe mound, the manager shall be removed from the game andthe pitcher required to pitch to the batter until he is retired orgets on base. After the batter is retired, or becomes a base run-54