Sad Sad Situation

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally posted by emaxos
I'll expand my statement:
I heard it from:
An umpire that was present and saw the game,
District official,
Pitching coach who watched the game,
Knowledgeable fans.

Get off your high horse. One does not have to wear blue to know something about the game and make a judgement as to whether a call was bad or not. I did not state that the call was wrong - I said the timing of the call was terrible.
If you have seen any of my infrequent posts, you would know I don't waste anyone's time on here with trivial BS.

The girls fought tooth and nail through 8 innings and the game should not have ended this way.
Rules should be respected and observed. However,a heartless approach to a 10U game defeats the purpose of having youth sports.

Chief,

The call is the call, regardless of the age, score, inning or level of play.

Did anyone tell you why the IP was called? And I'm not expecting an answer along the lines of "to get the game over". Why was the pitcher illegal?

I have talked to coaches about their pitchers without no one else on the field or in the stands knowing about it. For as much as you know, this could have happened. OTOH, if the umpire did make a call for the sake of getting the game over, shame on him.