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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
the vast majority of games I work are timed... Its all the same. If I was going to shave time on time outs.. it'd be on the untimed games.  |
On timed games, it's their time. They set the pace the first couple of innings. They can walk on and off the field after holding their pre-inning huddles, take up to five warm up pitches and after F2 throws down to second they can huddle again if they want.
Later in the game when one of the teams is behind and could possibly tie or win the game with another at bat with time permitting, I do not allow this team to go into warp speed by rushing the batter to the plate. The team thats behind is not allowed to rush the batter to the plate by having their pitcher not take warm up pitches. We will go the one-minute between innings.
If the team ahead in runs tries in any way to illegally delay the game, I warn that coach immediately.
The pace of the game was set early and we're not going into warp speed or slow speed with only a few minutes remaining.
Non-timed games are my time. One minute between innings. No huddles. When nobody warms the pitcher because the catcher was on base or last at bat, when she arrives at the plate, I put a batter in the box. Some tournaments state the pitcher starts with five warm up pitches and transitions to three in the remaining innings. New pitcher comes in, she gets five warm ups and also transitions down to three. I adhere to this modification.