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Sat Jun 14, 2008, 10:56am
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Longest game?
Last night, I had the longest game I'd ever called. It was a local SP league's church championship "if game" that went 13 innings. It was a GREAT game.
Bottom of 7, home team is down 5-0. They hit 2 runs in, then knock a 3-run home run to tie it up. No one scored until the 12th, when the visitors hit 2 runs in. The home team answered with 2 runs of their own. Top of the 13th, the visitors didn't score. Bottom of the 13th inning, the home team hit a 2-run home run to win the game. We started the game at 8:52 PM, and I was expecting to see the clock say 10:45 or 11:00 when I went to gather my things. Surprisingly, my cell phone said it was only 10:17. An hour and 25 minutes! This league was so evenly-matched by all 6 teams, each team had a turn at being in 1st place during the regular season. This final game only showed just how evenly this particular league was matched up. Both teams in the championship game were great teams with excellent defense, and, above all, great sportsmanship. I know we knock "AA" leagues a lot, and church teams don't always act in true church-like fashion, but this matchup was certainly an exception. I greatly enjoyed calling this game. So what was your longest game, either in innings, or in time played?
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Dave I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views! Screw green, it ain't easy being blue! I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again. 
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Sat Jun 14, 2008, 08:21pm
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We had a 7 INN women's FP playoff game go 2:20 two summers ago. Had to play all 7 because run differential was a tiebreaker. A well-played game does not take 2h to finish, so it was not fun.
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Sat Jun 14, 2008, 08:46pm
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Two years ago, in West Windsor, NJ, a Little League district 12u softball game took 4:08. No delays for weather, injury, or anything else out of the ordinary. Score was 25-23 or something like that. Umps received their $25 each.
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greymule More whiskey—and fresh horses for my men! Roll Tide!
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Sat Jun 14, 2008, 10:05pm
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I've done very minimal softball work, but I had an intramural game in college that was similar to this. By the time we were in extra innings a lot of folks for the next game were in the stands and getting into it. I think we went 3 or 4 extra innings, even with the tiebreakers in there and it all came down to a play at the plate where I called the runner safe.
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Sun Jun 15, 2008, 09:30am
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Quickest game was 57 minutes 7 inning game. 18 yr old pretty much 3 up/3 down with 1 HR, 1-0
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 10:32am
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21 innings in 18U National tournament, on a Thurs. Talk about throwing
a tournament behind. Game ended on an obs call by PU, not me, I was BU during rundown between HP and 3rd. Some of you probably know my partner. Alan Butcher.
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 10:33am
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 And let me guess... You still got just one game fee for it. 
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Dave I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views! Screw green, it ain't easy being blue! I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 10:36am
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 11:08am
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My longest was a 14 inning HS varsity game. We don't use a tie breaker in FL. It was tied 8-8 at the end of seven. Nobody scored again until the bottom of the 14th.
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 11:46am
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in the 20th inning, but to no avail. However, all the UICs and TD knew I was involved in the game, cause that was my 3rd ITB game of the tournament.
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 10:03pm
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Scott It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
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Tue Jun 17, 2008, 02:47am
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OK Scott, Allen. Spell mine the same, but was not sure about Butcher. Have you worked with him?
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Mon Jun 16, 2008, 11:21am
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Scott It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
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