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[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by JJ

The game itself was a yawner - 3 1/2 hours of watching high school senior pitchers throw the ball 92 mph past most of the hitters, with an error now
JJ

at 3.5 hrs, either they weren't striking out that many hitters or they weren't throwing 92...that seems like a really long game for that calibre of baseball...

[David B]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

at 3.5 hrs, either they weren't striking out that many hitters or they weren't throwing 92...that seems like a really long game for that calibre of baseball...

Seems long, but these kind of games take forever. Just look at the All-star game for MLB. Everyone has to play, they change pitchers a lot so you have lots of extra warm-up time and no telling what goes on between innings etc.,

If I had to guess that was what was going on.

thanks
David

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by David B

Seems long, but these kind of games take forever. Just look at the All-star game for MLB. Everyone has to play, they change pitchers a lot so you have lots of extra warm-up time and no telling what goes on between innings etc.,

If I had to guess that was what was going on.

thanks
David

solid points...that could be the case.

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

at 3.5 hrs, either they weren't striking out that many hitters or they weren't throwing 92...that seems like a really long game for that calibre of baseball...

I did a similar game a few years ago in Philly, it took about the same length of time. Lots of subs, long warm-up times and all that.
That particular game was not exciting - except for where it was - in a MLB park. After that game - I've umpired in 1 and played in 2. Each time was an experience not worth trading for almost anything.
Congrats, JJ - hang on to the memory.

[JJ]

There was a new pitcher nearly every inning, and long commercial breaks. I was told that of the first 33 outs (that's through 5 1/2 innings), 23 were strikeouts. That's why the game took so long, even though the players were truly "all stars".
My old high school coach used to say, "If you're striking everybody out you're throwing too many pitches." Such was definitely the case in this game! But the memories...walking around the field with nearly a century of ghosts...


JJ

[johnnyg08]

pretty cool experience

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JJ

But the memories...walking around the field with nearly a century of ghosts...

What a great thrill to get to work at Wrigley Field. I got to do a couple of similar games (1st base for both) at Qualcomm Stadium when the Padres played there. Not quite the same thrill, but still a thrill. Mostly lots of memories of bad-to-mediocre baseball teams .