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Old Wed May 17, 2006, 01:31pm
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In Florida it's 10 after 5, with no exceptions for extreme mismatches. In 2005 we had a really bad team agree to end a couple of 22-0 games after 3 innings. (Actually, it was the losing coach who made the offer.) FHSAA made the teams return on separate days and finish 5 innings.
WHY?!?!

This should just be recorded as a 7-0 forfeit.
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Old Wed May 17, 2006, 01:47pm
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WHY?!?!

This should just be recorded as a 7-0 forfeit.
That was the other option, but that comes with financial (and other) repercussions for the forfeiting school, so FHSAA let them finish instead.
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Old Wed May 17, 2006, 02:04pm
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Look, if no batter comes to bat, the call three strikes for delay on each batter / each team. 12 outs. Let's go home.
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Look, if no batter comes to bat, the call three strikes for delay on each batter / each team. 12 outs. Let's go home.
Do you then stand there and say "strike" 36 times while everyone is packing up their stuff?
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Old Fri May 19, 2006, 10:40am
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Do you then stand there and say "strike" 36 times while everyone is packing up their stuff?
I agree with the , but it neatly gets around the bureaucrats who would insist that the game is either forfeit or suspended. They deserve a

High school state associations seem to be dominated by dweebs in too many cases.
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