HS Blow-out

[argodad]

Originally Posted by SWFLguy

The solution is simple--- "play" for two hours and
go home !!!
Are these folks lame in the brain ??

Do y'all have time limits on HS games in Fort Myers? We only have them for JV (if a varsity game follows).

The worst HS team in Pensacola is much better this year. Last year they lost by 25-30 runs in each 5-inning game. This year they only lose by 12-15.

[SWFLguy]

Same here "argodad". If a time limit for blow out games
in not OK with FHSAA, maybe a 15 run/3 inning mercy rule
(10 runs in five innings) would
work. It would pretty much give the winning team 3 innings of BP
and then put and end to the needless slaughter !

[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by SWFLguy

Same here "argodad". If a time limit for blow out games
in not OK with FHSAA, maybe a 15 run/3 inning mercy rule
(10 runs in five innings) would work. It would pretty much give the winning team 3 innings of BP and then put and end to the needless slaughter !

Our blow out games don't go on for long. Michigan game ending rules allow:
10/5
15/3
Losing coach to ask for game to be ended with no penalty.

Never had a coach give up, but more than a few games have ended after 2 1/2 innings.

WMB

[BuggBob]

Years ago when we were still playing JV slow pitch the score was 35-0 after the first inning. The loosing coach had had enough asked what would happen if they quit. I told her it would be a forfeit with a score of 7-0. She smiled big and said Oh, that would be fine. Called her girls out for the end of game cheer.

I know , I know the score would really be 35-0, but she was so happy to only loose by 7.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by WestMichBlue

Our blow out games don't go on for long. Michigan game ending rules allow:
10/5
15/3
Losing coach to ask for game to be ended with no penalty.

Never had a coach give up, but more than a few games have ended after 2 1/2 innings.

WMB

Florida HSAA is strict about their decision to have only a 10-after-5 run rule. A few years ago the coach on the losing end of a 23-0 game offered to end it after 3. It was getting dark. The umpires, who should have known better, allowed it. We had to get the teams and umpires back together on a different day to finish the 29-0 massacre.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by argodad

A few years ago the coach on the losing end of a 23-0 game offered to end it after 3.

Do they override the coaches right to forfeit in Florida???

[argodad]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Do they override the coaches right to forfeit in Florida???

No. The coach can forfeit, but FHSAA penalizes schools and coaches who forfeit. It's better to keep on going until you get your 5 innings (or 4 and a half, if you're lucky).

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by argodad

No. The coach can forfeit, but FHSAA penalizes schools and coaches who forfeit. It's better to keep on going until you get your 5 innings (or 4 and a half, if you're lucky).

That's about the craziest thing I have ever heard of! Let's penalize a coach because he didn't want his kids to suffer further humiliation.

What, pray tell, is the penalty?

[3afan]

in TX most districts have a 15 after 3 rule in addition to the normal 10 after 5. i have had a few games in which a team scored 15 in the first inning, and when they did they started stepping off bases, etc. the coach of the better team told us they would do that so we'd be sure and see them step off. these type games rarely get worse than 20-0 or so ... the coaches don't let it happen.