My initial reaction was this is a douchebag move. Even if it works out and the home team wins, everyone outside your circle still thinks you're a jerk. Do you care? If not, you were probably that person keeping score in tee ball just a few years earlier or an 8U trophy hunter. These types tend to defend themselves by saying the objective of the game is to score more runs or points than the opposition. No need to teach class, respect, sportsmanship, etc. When it really matters, these coaches will not have taught their players the skills needed to be successful at the game they're playing or in life.
When it's your team, you're doing everything you can to win without breaking the rules. I get it.
When you're the other team, it's cheap. I don't think this is the way the game was intended to be played. It's 10U, lol, but trashy on any level.
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Would you foul down 1 with 10 seconds left?
My DDs have been in some games where the umpires encouraged time management strategies.
Such as, the umpire reminds them there is one minute left on the clock and if they want to play one more inning they'd better hustle out and start the inning FAST!!!!!
Which they should be doing anyway, but that is another story.
By rule, a new inning starts the instant that the present inning ends. So there's no need to "hustle out". The new inning has already started and still needs to be completed.
Bretman - isn't there a rule in ASA against delay or hasten the game (slowing down or speeding up the game) and what is the penalty? Forfeiture?
Yes there is.
But forfeiture should be a last resort. Most of the time, just reminding the coach that a forfeit is a possibility will solve the problem.