It's About Time . . .

[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.

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Tim C

The final score was 8-7. We had a 5 run bottom of the first and a 6 run top of the 7th for the losing visitor.

We finished in 1:29.

Why do games in certain areas take 2:00 as an average and other areas considerably less?

In your game you must have had some 1/2/3 innings or even a 3-4 pitch inning or 2 to get finished in 1 hour and a half especially since you said 5 runs in one inning and 6 runs in another.

Ultimately I do think it is an area by area "thing"

In my area the QUALITY of baseball ESPECIALLY at the varsity level has gone down-hill.

i had a 2 hour and 10 minute game that should have been over in 1 hour 30 minutes. The problem F4 couldn't catch anything and even misplayed thrown balls on easy DP's. Finally the coach had enough and put in a replacement.

Kids are playing other sports most notably lacrosse which is becoming BIG in my area.

Yes as umpires we can control about 15-20 minutes by doing what we are supposed to but by and large we cannot pitch nor can we catch.

In Summary: baseball in my area is not what it used to be. Some times you can hardly call it a baseball game.

Pete Booth

[MrUmpire]

7 inning high school games:

Longest this year 1:53
Shortest this year 1:27

[DG]

7 inning game so far this year.

Longest 2:15
Shortest 1:30
Average about 1:55