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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by LilLeaguer
We started running substitutions officially through the UiC in our District tournaments last year...
In my district, the DA has asked the TD's to run substitutions this way. Furthermore, the UiC is supposed to warn a coach about a proposed substitution that would violate the participation rules. (I don't keep track of ABs, so I have to ask the scorekeeper about the 1AB portion of the rule.)
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LLeaguer, why does the TD make you keep track of the minimum play, when you are only able to keep track of half of it? That makes no sense at all. Why not just tell the scorekeeper to do it all himself, and it the coach tries to make a wrong sub, to yell something out?
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I am not the TD, nor have I asked this specific question of her, so I can only answer indirectly.
I've been umpiring in LL tournaments for 5 or 6 years, and I'm a junior umpire at these events. But when I step onto the field, I probably have more tournament
experience than any of the participants. Off the field, the scorekeeper may have just shown up for her first tournament game ever, especially on the beginning days of the tournament.
In many cases, I can tell if the player has had one AB (PA, really). But if a player is being removed after only one inning on defense, I'll ask the scorekeeper the specific quetion, "Did she bat last inning?" It's really not very hard. But if anybody has a suggestion on how I could efficiently keep track of PAs as well, I'm listening.
I'm not saying every umpire should do this. I'm doing a job that the TD has asked for. The real downside is that the extra scrutiny slows the game down a little between innings.
-LL