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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The worst think you could have done was to call time and tell the coaches that you weren't going to let them turn this into a "mockery of a game." The word "mockery" in the rules book refers to running the bases in reverse order. What the pitcher and runner were doing may have been exsaperating to you but it was legal. The ball was live and the runner was trying to advance while the pitcher was trying to keeping him from advancing. It was especially wrong to call time when the base runner was not in contact with third base: runner off base with a live ball, do not call time for any reason except a possible injury or the ball becoming dead because a play made it become dead.
MTD, Sr.
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I understand your point about not killing a play or calling time unless needed and agree. In my case the runner was on third, he was standing on the base. Had he been off base, or had F1 been trying to throw to F5 who's behind third or trying to tag the runner, I'm letting it play out.
Runner was on base, going to move IF F1 turns to go to the mound. F1 is 5 ft away down the baseline, ball in hand, refusing to move. We could have quite literally stood there till time ran out since home team was batting.
As for why I said mockery, it had nothing to do with the wording in 7.08 (i), which is actually "travesty" I was trying to get across the idea that I was not going to let them do things I felt were to delay or prolong the game.