Time limit games

[HokieUmp]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Then I think when your assigner works w/ the tournament director, he needs to tell them to schedule a transition time for the umpires. Around here, they always schedule time between games to at least drag the field. I don't think the umps should ever be pressured to "hurry" because a game ran long...I think they need to respect the fact that they're running late but I think it probably end there.

This isn't just for tourneys, though. This is for all rec-ball; most of the leagues around here don't any have sense of perspective. On the other hand, in Pony, at least, the time-limit is age-group dependent. (The younger levels are 1:30, 1:40, and such.) So I think they put it at 2 hours generically to cover it all.

Most teams get it. And we try to tell the incoming teams that we're the crew for the next game, and we have to get changed. But another guy in my association told me he and his partner were approached at their car by some nitwit coach Saturday because it was 11:20, and "uh, we're supposed to start at 11:00." Duh, coach.