It's About Time . . .

[SanDiegoSteve]

I remember watching it when I was a kid. I thought Gronk and his wife were a hoot.

"It's about time, it's about flight, traveling faster than the speed of light."

[IowaMike]

Originally Posted by zm1283

Had a freshman doubleheader last night. First game lasts 3 hours, 10 minutes. Yes, you read that correctly. The first inning was right at an hour. First inning and a half was an hour and 23 minutes. I've never seen so many walks and errors in one game.

Coaches agreed that for the second game they would play either an hour or three innings, which was a welcome relief.

I used to coach a freshman team. You can get some bad games at that level, then other days a doubleheader will be over in 3 1/2 hours. The main conference in my area made some changes for freshman games this year. We always play doubleheaders in Iowa, so now both games at the freshman level are 6 innings, and no inning can start in the second game after 1:45. Freshman play at 10:00 am here and there is often a varsity or sophomore game scheduled for 5pm the same day. They need time to do field maintenance etc., thus the time limits.

I would say that the average varsity game here runs around 1:30 to 1:45. We usually start doubleheaders at 5pm and generally finish up somewhere around 9pm. That time includes a 20-25 minute break between games. Of course, I have been at doubleheaders that didn't finish until close to 11pm, but those are rare.

[David B]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

I think that has more to do with the area you're in or the schools you're doing. I have that same difference from one school to another or from one district or division (1A, 2A...) to another. I'm not too much farther north than you and we've got some well coached teams/kids in the north 1/2. Also may be due to the mismatches we run into (one good team, one can't buy an out...)

I've had a few of the 1:30 games and one of those 10 inning, 3:30 marathons. I consider anything between 1:30 and 2:30 to be "normal" and will generally say game time was "about 2 hours"

Off topic - I've got Kosciusko at Oxford tomorrow if it doesn't rain out.

Might be a good game, I caught a little of the first game on Friday after my son's 11-12 yr. game. Oxford is good, but Kosy can give them a run if they will get good pitching (and a little help from the umpires ... (g)

Thanks
David

[David B]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

I think that has more to do with the area you're in or the schools you're doing. I have that same difference from one school to another or from one district or division (1A, 2A...) to another. I'm not too much farther north than you and we've got some well coached teams/kids in the north 1/2. Also may be due to the mismatches we run into (one good team, one can't buy an out...)

I've had a few of the 1:30 games and one of those 10 inning, 3:30 marathons. I consider anything between 1:30 and 2:30 to be "normal" and will generally say game time was "about 2 hours"

Off topic - I've got Kosciusko at Oxford tomorrow if it doesn't rain out.

As far as the thread, there are more mismatches in north part of state. You have Tupelo and Oxford etc., and Jackson always has a few good teams, but nothing compared to Petal, Hattiesburg, Oak Grove and of course now Sumrall (what ranked in top 10 nationally).

Thanks
David

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by David B

As far as the thread, there are more mismatches in north part of state. You have Tupelo and Oxford etc., and Jackson always has a few good teams, but nothing compared to Petal, Hattiesburg, Oak Grove and of course now Sumrall (what ranked in top 10 nationally).

Thanks
David

Can't argue that.