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I volunteered in some leagues where they had no concept of "Starting Time". I cured them of the habit of taking their infield practice close to game time.
5:30 scheduled start time. Teams not ready to play. I just waited until they finally got their acts together, held my plate conference, and when I got ready to call "Play Ball", I announced, "Two-hour time limit will be 7:30".
"But blue, it's 5:40".
"The schedule says 5:30 starting time. That doesn't mean to take your infield then, it means the game starts at 5:30. If I'm here, and ready, that's the official starting time. You can waste your playing time, but no inning starts after 7:30".
The word got around the leagues quickly. One important reason youth league games go four innings so many times, is because the umpires do not enforce the starting times.
Bob
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