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Old Fri Nov 05, 2004, 10:47am
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Originally posted by Andy
See Tom's (Dakota) answer above. None of these tactics were illegal, but they probably were designed to hasten and/or delay the game.

Ask yourself this: would the coach have used these same moves in the third inning with 45 minutes left on the game timer? Probably not.


The issue with 5-4-E is that the penalty is so severe.
At the risk of appearing to be "bashing" ASA your last statement is the problem with this rule.

ASA has done a horrible job of dealing with clock management issues in timed games. It puts the umpire between a rock and a hard place, not that that in itself is all that unusual. But it would be nice if ASA could at least put in a POE or a few case plays that would define some legal clock management moves and what would be illegal stalls.

This is mostly an off-season academic dicsussion (for me), since in reality, I have had few problems dealing with it with a warning. The big hammer of the forfeit seems to get things moving along most of thie time.
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