- Jun 27, 2016
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This past weekend I watched a youth tournament that had "70 minutes, finish the inning" time restrictions. For most games this worked out very well. But on a couple of occasions, it was problematic.
At the end of the one game when the umpire announced that time had expired before the end of the inning (they had finished the inning), the coach who was behind by 6 runs went ballistic. He claimed there should have been about 30 seconds on the clock. Therefore they should have been allowed to play another inning.
In another game, the home team was comfortably ahead and in the field for the bottom half of the inning. Their coach was obviously "stalling". He called a defensive time out and went to the mound, when there was no need to do so. After the next batter, he changed catchers and it took time for the exchange because the catchers shared gear. After another batter, he changed pitchers -- when there was no need to do so. In this instance, the stalling had no bearing on the game.
What are tournaments around the country doing to offset these kinds of problems?
At the end of the one game when the umpire announced that time had expired before the end of the inning (they had finished the inning), the coach who was behind by 6 runs went ballistic. He claimed there should have been about 30 seconds on the clock. Therefore they should have been allowed to play another inning.
In another game, the home team was comfortably ahead and in the field for the bottom half of the inning. Their coach was obviously "stalling". He called a defensive time out and went to the mound, when there was no need to do so. After the next batter, he changed catchers and it took time for the exchange because the catchers shared gear. After another batter, he changed pitchers -- when there was no need to do so. In this instance, the stalling had no bearing on the game.
What are tournaments around the country doing to offset these kinds of problems?