when do you stop playing baseball?

[DG]

Originally posted by teacherspit
OK, I have one from a little different point.
Local 9-10 tournament. They had a travesty rule in effect. 10 rules after 4 or 3.5 if visitors.
Home team up by 9 10th run at third. Batter ropes one to the fence and the third base coach holds his runner.
Now I know that the player was under no obligation to run. No force here. But I look at this as an unsportsman like conduct behavior.

I did not say anything out loud. But I did not like what happend. Well the next batter stuck out. And the home team won under the travesty rule in the bottom of the 5th on a pass ball. In the end it was still a shortened game, but instead it took one inning longer.

Oh yeah, the home team was a select team. And this was not a select tournament. No class by these people.
The visitor coach took it in stride, a lot of class. He just laughed and told his boys good job.

I'm wondering why the jerk allowed his runner to go home on a passed ball, when he would not send the runner on a hit to outfield?