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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by Tim C
The State "can" adopt the rule. But as Portland (OR)has continued to show, "leagues" have the ultimate choice.
The OSAA allows Mercy Rule games . . . none of our largest schools allow it BUT ALL OTHER sized schools have it.
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Thye mercy rule is required in Texas, even in championship play-offs.
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I hope enough umpires complained about the lack of a mercy rule in HS games in 2005. Hopefully they will reinstate it in California for 2006. Here, the CIF is a dictatorship, and what goes for one high school, goes for them all.
All the umpires want it, and so do many of the coaches I've talked to. Apparently there were quite a few coaches who cried that they weren't getting enough baseball when games were called early.
All I know is that I had way too many blowouts last year. I had coaches beg me to call the game after 4-1/2 or 5 innings when it was out of hand. I obliged them, as long as it was mutual between the teams.
Tue Nov 29, 2005, 01:33am
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