LLWS wajke me when its over!

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by UmpLarryJohnson

hada LLWS "marathon' at larry's house this weekend and 2 things jumped out at me--

1. can LLWS do anything about al the rideculous number of coaches Conferences?? for a while there coaches were coming outto talk to Pitch after EVERY HIT/Batter! OMG let the kid throw the ball howboutit. then the offense wants to chat to Batter after every SWING. (or so it seems)

even the booth guys were fussin after a while--turning a 6=inning game into a 3hour endurance contest!

cut out the confabs, LL! best speedup rule ever

then

2. the Coaches comin over every inning to check Pitch counts..zzzzzz....isnt there a beter way to relay this? cant they put it on the scoareboard or something? i know its imp to track the new rule but the delays are intermmninable!

Yes, there seem to be too many conferences.

TV commercial breaks between innings and on pitching changes are adding a lot of time to the games. I'd estimate 15-20 minutes.

Game times so far (from box scores):

2:13, 2:43, 2:01, 2:08, 2:15, 1:55, 2:45, 1:56, 2:06, 2:03, 1:59, 1:41, 1:38, 1:29. Only two really excessive.

And remember, it's not just a tournament, it's also a pagent and a sleep-over adventure camp.

There's also the channel change and off switches available to you.