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For the second weekend, I took part in a college sponsored
tournament. Both tournaments had four college teams playing
RR's[round robins]. In this weekends tournament there were
also 38 18U teams. We were utilizing 12 fields. I am not
associated with any conference, therefore I don't do college
games except in show case and scrimmages.[usually timed games.] In the
18U games utilizing ASA rules. All games seven innings, college and 18U.
The average 18U game was 1hr35mins. The average college game was over 2hrs
and 15mins. The 40+ mins different was because in NCAA a pitcher
is allowed five warm ups but without an allotted time in which to
complete. In ASA you have 5 pitches or 1min from the time the last
out was recorded. Do you guys doing college have a speed up rule
that our UIC was unaware of? She informed us to allow the 5 pitches
and not to rush it. Average time between innings seemed to
be six to seven minutes X seven innings, you are losing lots of time.
How do you guys doing college ball cope with it, or is really not
a big deal once conferences start?
Just wondering.
glen
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glen _______________________________
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
--Mark Twain.
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