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