Ever Umpired a Beat-Down Like This? 45-0!

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by billken

Do you expand the strike zone? If so, how much?

There are threads on here already about this.

Originally Posted by billken

Do you initiate a conference with the winning coach and suggest bunting?

No.

Originally Posted by billken

Do you stay out of it and just mop up the mess when kids start getting beaned and all hell breaks loose?

Yes.

Originally Posted by billken

Can you invoke the "travesty of the game" clause and end it when everyone has had enough?

No.

I hope this message was tongue-in-cheek.

[billken]

Originally Posted by yawetag

There are threads on here already about this.


No.


Yes.


No.

I hope this message was tongue-in-cheek.

What if it wasn't?

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by billken

What if it wasn't?

Fine. I'll bite.

Originally Posted by billken

Do you expand the strike zone? If so, how much?

As I mentioned, this has been hashed over several times here in my memory. For the most part, umpires will expand.

Originally Posted by billken

Do you initiate a conference with the winning coach and suggest bunting?

You have no authority to suggest anything to a coach, especially something to this regard. How he coaches his team is no business to you.

Originally Posted by billken

Do you stay out of it and just mop up the mess when kids start getting beaned and all hell breaks loose?

This is your best option. If hell breaks loose, deal with it.

Originally Posted by billken

Can you invoke the "travesty of the game" clause and end it when everyone has had enough?

I'll stick with my original answer: No.

[bniu]

there's nothing that prevents the losing coach from just pulling his team off the field and going home. In some NFHS leagues, a gentlemen's agreement between coaches has a 15 runs after 3 innings mercy rule, which I've had several times happen...when the lead swells to 15 during the bottom of the 3rd, I'd just look at the visiting coach and he'll usually say something: "screw it, we're out of here..." and I call "Ballgame!"...
I wish there was a 25 after 1 rule...

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by bniu

when the lead swells to 15 during the bottom of the 3rd, I'd just look at the visiting coach and he'll usually say something: "screw it, we're out of here..." and I call "Ballgame!"...

In Missouri, a special report is to be filed to the state in these situations. I don't know what happens after the report is filed, but, according to my rules interpreter, it's considered pulling your team off of the field.