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Thu Feb 15, 2001, 07:18pm
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Hey
It's a raining no good for nothing day here in Texas and I am reading the new 2001 ASA rule book and found this 10-1L which I believe may be the best answer to this situation it states--The umpire will not penalize a team for any infraction of a rule when imposing the penalty would be an advantage to the offending team. I believe this would take care of most of these situation what you think guys?? THANKS Don 
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Fri Feb 16, 2001, 08:00am
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The way I handled mine was fairly simple. When the batter came to the plate he asked how much time was left. I told him (it was about 1 minute) and then warned him "don't do it or I will forfeit the game". He was a veteran player and knew what I was talking about. When he stepped on the plate and hit the ball all I did was call "ball game". He agrued and I gave the rule number. The next week he told me he never realized that rule was there. Haven't had a problem with this since. Enjoy.
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Fri Feb 16, 2001, 10:34am
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That is the problem with "time limits" installed for the purpose of moving the games along. The time limits in ASA pool play are there to avoid overly lengthy games in what is almost a meaningless situation.
The only way to eliminate the tom-foolery is to set a drop-dead time limit (60 minutes). Forget watches, use a 60 minute timer and when it goes off, the game is over NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE INNING. For league play, use a point system for standings (2-win, 1-tie, 0-loss). This allows games to conclude in a tie. Yep, you'll hear some bitching about that, too. You are going to hear it one way or the other, so you just as well make it easier on the umpires.
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