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Originally Posted by UmpLarryJohnson
hada LLWS "marathon' at larry's house this weekend and 2 things jumped out at me--
1. can LLWS do anything about al the rideculous number of coaches Conferences?? for a while there coaches were coming outto talk to Pitch after EVERY HIT/Batter! OMG let the kid throw the ball howboutit. then the offense wants to chat to Batter after every SWING. (or so it seems)
even the booth guys were fussin after a while--turning a 6=inning game into a 3hour endurance contest!
cut out the confabs, LL! best speedup rule ever
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2. the Coaches comin over every inning to check Pitch counts..zzzzzz....isnt there a beter way to relay this? cant they put it on the scoareboard or something? i know its imp to track the new rule but the delays are intermmninable!
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Yes, there seem to be too many conferences.
TV commercial breaks between innings and on pitching changes are adding a lot of time to the games. I'd estimate 15-20 minutes.
Game times so far (from box scores):
2:13, 2:43, 2:01, 2:08, 2:15, 1:55, 2:45, 1:56, 2:06, 2:03, 1:59, 1:41, 1:38, 1:29. Only two really excessive.
And remember, it's not just a tournament, it's also a pagent and a sleep-over adventure camp.
There's also the channel change and off switches available to you.