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Originally Posted by MrUmpire
My experience is completely the reverse of this. With the better pitching and hitting, my varsity games are much shorter than JV. I have not had a Varsity game run over 2:00 this year with most coming in at around 1:45 - 1:50.
On the other hand, I had a JV game run nearly three hours that included six pitching changes, too many fielding errors and numerous BOB's.
Give me Varsity anyday.
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That has been my experience too. A good varsity game usually lasts about 1:30 - 2:00 hours (all HS games are doubleheaders here). Soph games often go longer because the pitching isn't nearly as good; freshman games aren't too bad because in the local conference here they are 6 inning doubleheaders with no inning starting after 3 hours 45 minutes after the start of the first game. I did a 13 year old game a few weeks ago that lasted 2:45. Felt like about 5 hours.
It has also been my experience that I hear far less pissing and moaning from varsity baseball coaches than from lower level ones. The lower the level, the worse that gets in my opinion. Varsity coaches around here understand how things work and the sportsmanship in general is pretty good on their end. I couldn't care less what the fans have to say. I do a few 13/14 year old games during the season, but primarily stick to high school. That might change in the future, who knows?