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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Rich:
As already stated, teams (both offense and defense) will attempt to stall, but we as umpires can eliminate most of it by good game management.
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The problem becomes when a coach does something entirely legal, like when the defensive coach conducts multiple conferences in that last inning, the pitcher takes her full 20 seconds, or the offensive coach want to make lineup changes. As an umpire, there's not much you can do to stop that.
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