[QUOTE-PeteBooth]The object of the game of baseball is to try and score more runs than your opponent not to Give them outs.[/QUOTE]So ... it's the object of the game for him to try to win... but if he chooses this particular tactic to get there, you're going to cheat against him? It's not our jobs to decide which methods we will allow coaches to use to try to win. Obviously for some reason he felt that ending this particular inning and getting a fresh start was his best shot. Regarding "giving them outs", isn't a sac bunt or sac fly the same thing - giving up an out to give the team a better chance to win? You going to end the game early if someone does that too?
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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
1. On the field I would not cite any reason but what do as Rich mentioned and simply say Time limit reached - game Over. In the technical sense yes I would lie but we are talking about 3 minutes in a meaningless game in which shenanigans took place. After all it was the HT coach who wanted for some ukknown reason to play an extra inning.
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So now it's your duty to determine that this particular game is meaningless? Where does this end? You would lie because you don't like the particular tactic this coach chose to try to win. This isn't the first time I've said this, but I want guys like you nowhere near fields I'm responsible for filling with umpires. This attitude SUCKS.
"In the technical sense, I would lie." You are CHEATING.
If the rulesmakers wanted this particular tactic outlawed, it would be outlawed. Don't make up rules to fit your own sense of fair play.