Delay of game (rebuttal article)

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

I could go on and on, but the point is The game is ABOUT the PARTICIPENTS and not US.

Which is exactly why the umpires in this area do not strictly enforce this rule. Apparently, that's the way the participants prefer it.

Although, this may be a "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" type of thing.

I don't know if the participants behave in this way because of the umpires -or- the umpires don't enforce the rule because of the participants. Either way, it's been going on for so long nobody cares WHY ... it just IS.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN