SLOOOWWWWWW Pitcher

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Well, if this bothers you (taking so long to pitch), then I suggest that you do not accept games where the age group is 12 - 13 yrs old. You have no right to tell a coach to speed his pitcher up nor do you have a duty to "push the game along". There are too many of you out there thinking that baseball is a timed game...... it is not.

I will occasionally do a youngster game such as this and I accept that the skills of the players is not to the caliber of older ones. In most cases, it is just a leisurely afternoon off with pay for me.

Ozzy,

I disagree. It's a rule.

FED - 6-2-2c (with or without runners)
OBR - 8.04 (no runners)
8.05(h) (with runners)
NCAA - 9-2c (no runners)
9-3e (with runners)

And it's the umpires job to enforce.

JM

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

Ozzy,

I disagree. It's a rule.

FED - 6-2-2c (with or without runners)
OBR - 8.04 (no runners)
8.05(h) (with runners)
NCAA - 9-2c (no runners)
9-3e (with runners)

And it's the umpires job to enforce.

JM

Uhh, you carrying a stop watch on you at the plate there pal?

You can quote all the rules that you want, none of you have the gonads to actually call a pitcher on this at age 12 - 13. I can see in HS ball and older youth ball but not this age group. And I can just about guarantee you that if you say anything to the coach, he's going to tell you to go $hit in your hat.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Uhh, you carrying a stop watch on you at the plate there pal?

You can quote all the rules that you want, none of you have the gonads to actually call a pitcher on this at age 12 - 13. I can see in HS ball and older youth ball but not this age group. And I can just about guarantee you that if you say anything to the coach, he's going to tell you to go $hit in your hat.

Well, if UmpJM tells them with the same attitude you told UmpJM, I can just about guarantee you, you should have plenty of new hats because you're going to need them.........