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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
My point, repeatedly made, and repeatedly missed by you, is that this tactic is NOT against the rules.
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OBR 4.15(b) - Employs tactics palpably designed to
DELAY or shorten the game
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Runners on 2nd and 3rd, one out. After the count goes 3 balls and no strikes on the batter, with 3 minutes left, the coach calls time out to talk to the batter. I put the ball back into play and he sends the runner from third with no attempt to try to score and then he sends the runner from second to get him tagged out. He says that now we have time to start another inning.
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Let's see we have R2/R3 one out and a count of 3-0 on B1
The manager calls Time and then sends r3/R3 to PURPOSELY get called out.
Why did the manger do this?
Was it to win the game - Doubt it
With R2/R3 and 3-0 on B1 there is a VERY GOOD Chance that B1 would have walked and the 3 minutes most likely would have ended with the next batter's at bat that's why the manager did what he did.
IMO, this is a classic case of a manager employing tactics to DELAY the game.
If the HT truly wanted to win the game what better chance then to have the bases juiced and only 1 out. For some strange reason the HT coach wanted to play an extra inning. Perhaps he wanted to try so and So on the mound etc. It surely was not to try and win a game.
As mentioned it is the Coach who was "cheating" by not playing the inning the way it should have been played and therefore, time would have run out anyway.
Let me put it another way. Let's say a particular league has a 10 run rule after 5 innings.
95 degree heat, Bottom 5 HT is winning by 9 runs 2 outs and R3. B1 hits a rope into the gap, the manager tells R3 to stay put. What is your next move?
Answer: That's a balk have a nice day gentlemen
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