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Originally Posted by Durham
I had a very long one on Sat. The two teams used a combined 11 pitchers in an extra inning time fest. I'll share the game time soon, I just want to see what others have had to endure.
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I was umpiring a Sr. league LL game 4 hours and 45 minutes in the heat.
On the last play of the game, I called a runner out at third base which would have been the potential tying run.
the coach took a couple of steps out of the dugout to talk to me and with sweat pouring all over me I said:
"Skip do not even waste your time" and headed for my car.
Generally speaking stay away from umpiring LL Jr. and even Sr. division games as most of the players are "leftovers" who didn't make the travel or HS teams. The FEE isn't worth it. Terrible baseball if you can even call it baseball.
The mens leagues are next in line. They were getting so bad we were going to refuse to service them unless they put in time limits. In addition to the mercy rule the mens leagues have time limits. 9 innings is a 3 hr time limit and 7 innings is a 2.5 hr time limit. otherwise you could be there all day.
Pete Booth