I would have an issue with 65 minute games. That's pretty ridiculous. The "standard" in our area (for friendlies) is 1:20 drop-dead. The TCS tournament we played last weekend was 1:30 no-new.
Clock management...what would you have done?
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I would have an issue with 65 minute games. That's pretty ridiculous. The "standard" in our area (for friendlies) is 1:20 drop-dead. The TCS tournament we played last weekend was 1:30 no-new.
The tournament DD is in for this weekend had to switch all of the games to 1:10 to make up for 2 days of cancelled games. It stinks but if it lets us finish the tournament it's fine.
Game last week we were down a run in the 6th inning with 3 minutes left. Most games only go 6 innings so I think the other team was pissed that we still got one more inning to try to come back - luckily they didn't try to run out the clock. Home team and we were able to get 2 runs to get the win. But if we had only played 1:10, we might not have been so lucky :/
Game last week we were down a run in the 6th inning with 3 minutes left. Most games only go 6 innings so I think the other team was pissed that we still got one more inning to try to come back - luckily they didn't try to run out the clock. Home team and we were able to get 2 runs to get the win. But if we had only played 1:10, we might not have been so lucky :/
Our standard here is 55 minute drop dead in pool, 75 minute finish the inning in bracket play. 55 minutes is fast, but we are also playing in 110 degree + heat, so there aren't many complaints.
Yes, game is over at 55 min finish the batter for pool play, unless it is seeded pool then finish the inning. VTD which is asa/USA rules. Basically the same as DNeeld.
Drop dead is you might go to score of previous inning.
Actually found out the schedule accounted for a 1:10 gap but games were actually 1:00! Lots of games went over due to being tied and having to go longer. Some of the better teams had the lowest scores we've seen all season. Our last game we only won 3-2 and the game after us, the score was 1-0. Pitching and defense are pretty good but that's still really low for most of these teams. We managed 4 innings but we were already at 30 min left in the bottom of the 1st!
Yep. Some umps will let the at-bat finish, some will call it in the middle of an at-bat.
If visitor is batting when time expires, the score will revert to the last completed inning. If home is batting, but doesn't complete the inning, and they have not tied or taken the lead, the score will revert to the last completed inning. If the home team is batting, and they have taken the lead during the bottom half of the inning, the score will stand as it is when time expires.
I hate clock management. But I'm probably being "that guy" and making a pitching change.
While I don't like a coach that does it, I don't have a huge problem as long as he just owns up to it when he is called on it. It just irritates me when they
act like they are just brilliant tacticians for doing it. I love to win games, but it's so much more enjoyable to score on a walk-off run or make the last
out versus and ump yell time as you are ready to hit.
One thing that I can't believe are how many drop dead games I hear about. We have never played in one outside of a friendly.
