The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Softball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #10 (permalink)  
Old Mon May 10, 2004, 11:11am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 2,672
AZ refuses to institute time limits on sub-varsity games. There are no per-inning run limits and the only mercy rule is the FED's 10 runs after 4 1/2 or five innings.

Because there are so many High schools in the Phoenix area, the travel ball players are spread out. If you have club experience, you are almost always placed on the Varsity squad as a freshman. That leaves the Frosh and JV teams with players whoe have never played before or some with rec league experience. Needless to say, some of these games can last forever!

My worst was a JV game that started at 4:00 pm and did not finish until 7:30 pm. Final score was something like 28-18 in six innings. I thought that I would never get off that field!

We, as an umpires assciation, have repeatedly asked for time limits on sub varsity games, but the coaches and AD's won't go along with it.

__________________
It's what you learn after you think you know it all that's important!
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:54am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1