Sat Mar 08, 2014, 08:12pm
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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu
I do think that the 1-1 count does help speed up play, at least a little. I know many hitters that would always take the first strike, and now w/ the 1-1 count, that happens less. Another men's league we work schedules their games (7 innings) to a 1:15 time period. They have an exception to complete an inning that has started, but no new inning starts after that.
We offered a modest increase to work the 9 inning games, but had we pro-rated the increase from a 7-inning, it would have been significantly higher. Again, the concern being that we don't want to lose the league.
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We have not experienced in my area. The largest difference is that when you have mismatched teams on the field. Then the run rule takes effect, but the weaker team enables the better team to achieve that level quicker.
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