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I guess you could call it an FYC....
offensive team at bat leading by more than ten runs and still stealing bases and bunting. Game is out of hand and no reason to keep running score up other than stats. When I am on bases: EVERY remotely close play (as in ball gets to base within 3 seconds of the runner is an out. When working the plate any ball anywhere near the strike zone that doesn't bounce on the way to the plate or sail over batter's head is a strike against that team for at least the rest of that inning or until the BS stops.
I have done it twice in stupid summer tourneys where unqualified dads or wannabe zealots are coaching. I felt I owed it to them.
I did not hear a word from the coaches or players. I got a little bit of whining from the momma's. I don't know about you but I like my momma's a little bit pissed off. (grin)
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"We are the stewards of baseball. Our "customers" aren't schools, or coaches, or conferences. Our customer is the game itself." Warren Wilson, quoted by Carl Childress, Officiating.com article, June 3, 2008.
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