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Originally posted by Dakota
OK, but a couple of questions.
What if the pitcher started throwing pitches way outside, but legal in terms of speed and arc - wouuld you have called anything?
In the second case, what if the defense had continued to intentionally misplay in order to extend the inning? Would you have called anything?
In other words, I notice that in both cases, you did not invoke the rule until someone did something illegal.
Finally, in your second example, the issue was darkness, not the clock. Sure, delay / hastening was still the issue, but clock management was not. My concern stems from timed games, not from other issues such as darkness. Every other sport that uses a clock has special rules governing acceptable behavior, etc., during the final minutes of the game. Since the rules of softball are not designed with a clock in mind, providing end-of-game (from a clock perspective) rules would be especially useful.
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Well, Tom, I'm going to have to disagree with the way you are looking at this. It wasn't the "illegal" action that initiated my action, but the intentional acts to alter the progress of the game for the sole purpose of preserving a win or preventing the game from not becoming official.
In the first scenario, the game was on the clock (1 hr/one-pitch tournament). The second scenario BOTH teams were doing their best to prevent the other from obtaining their goal, that is why I called the came on darkness instead of forfeiting the game. Also, I don't see the difference between a clock running out and light running out, by rule they both draw the same conclusion.