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Originally Posted by Tim C
No this thread has nothing to do with either Joe E. Ross or Imogene Coca . . .
I am still stuck on an earlier thread where we were discussing the "average" time of a varsity high school baseball game.
We had a wide range of estimates of length of games. We were doing fine until one poster decided to place arbitrary time limits on individual activities.
Here's my sitaution:
Game #4001 was a varsity high school game betwix two pretty good teams.
The final score was 8-7. We had a 5 run bottom of the first and a 6 run top of the 7th for the losing visitor.
We finished in 1:29.
Since the original thread I have been talking to local umpires and all feel "most games" go between 1:30 and 1:45 @ the high school varsity level (sure we have games that go forever but I am talking average).
Now I don't think high school baseball is any better (or any worse) than other areas in the US -- my questions falls back to the original thread:
Why do games in certain areas take 2:00 as an average and other areas considerably less?
Enquiring minds type thing.
Regards,
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I've noticed in our state, I'm living in north part now whereas I've lived in the south part the last 18 years:
Games in the south were much faster. Kids know how to pitch and coaches know how to keep the games moving.
In the north, I see much fewer good pitchers and coaches tend to drag around a lot which I fault the umpires.
In my games, most of them are under an hour average mainly because I've had so many five inning ten-run rule games.
So I'm thinking its because of pitching and umpires letting coaches control the game is why its slower where I am now.
Doubleheader last night, 1:45 first game, 1:40 second game.
Tuesday night 3 hours (went 10 innings) and just over two hours.
Thanks
David