The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Softball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 01:28pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Twin Cities MN
Posts: 8,154
Quote:
Originally Posted by vcblue View Post
...1 hour and 20 minuets no new with start time 1 hour 30 minutes apart....this is just the way things happen at times.
Well, yeah, with TD's who are either incompetent, or complete newbies at this. No one who has done this more than once would expect games to start on time with a 1:20 time limit and a new game scheduled every 1:30. A competent TD would have shortened the time limit to no more than 1:10.
__________________
Tom
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 01:29pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: LA
Posts: 642
50 minutes... finish the batter! .. love it love it love it.
__________________
Will Rogers must not have ever officiated in Louisiana.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 01:53pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 105
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dakota View Post
Well, yeah, with TD's who are either incompetent, or complete newbies at this. No one who has done this more than once would expect games to start on time with a 1:20 time limit and a new game scheduled every 1:30.
Then on top of that there is not any time allowed for umpires to switch out if your field is not crewed to have a plate umpire ready to go.

If you have limited bodies to work, the field can even get further behind.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 03:05pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ventura County, CA
Posts: 257
There was no umpire rotation going on here. 4 tournament going on in our local area plus ASA. They went to drop dead later in the day on Saturday. That did not sit well with the team. Should have gone to 1 hour 10 minutes.
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 03:36pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Twin Cities MN
Posts: 8,154
Quote:
Originally Posted by vcblue View Post
...They went to drop dead later in the day on Saturday....
Do you mean the clock or the umpires?
__________________
Tom
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 04:53pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ventura County, CA
Posts: 257
Thank God it was a nice cool almost rainy day here in Socal. I worked 12 games in two days. But I'm known to be a game _____.
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old Wed Jun 10, 2009, 01:16pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 858
Quote:
Originally Posted by vcblue View Post
Thank God it was a nice cool almost rainy day here in Socal. I worked 12 games in two days. But I'm known to be a game _____.
I umpired a tournament in Ohio this past weekend, 14 games and worked rotations with two other umpires. Games were 1:20 NNI with 15 minutes between game times. We rotated plate, bases and off with the base umpire from the previous game covering the following game until the PU from the previous game changed into their base uniform. We finished about 20 minutes ahead of schedule each day.
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old Wed Jun 10, 2009, 01:37pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sierra Nevada Mtns
Posts: 3,220
Quote:
Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000 View Post
I umpired a tournament in Ohio this past weekend, 14 games and worked rotations with two other umpires. Games were 1:20 NNI with 15 minutes between game times. We rotated plate, bases and off with the base umpire from the previous game covering the following game until the PU from the previous game changed into their base uniform. We finished about 20 minutes ahead of schedule each day.
Considering unless shorthanded with a 3ump/field rotation- at a 120 nni with 10 min between games rotation time - 6 games sat would be up 8 am start to 8pm start for last game..
and normally Sunday are short days...

Thats quite a long weekend. I dont envy you.

You must have been working to midnight or longer.
__________________
ASA, NCAA, NFHS
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Some weekend CecilOne Softball 5 Tue Jun 03, 2008 04:02pm
More Fun this weekend radwaste50 Baseball 0 Mon May 07, 2007 11:32am
My weekend blindzebra Basketball 3 Mon May 23, 2005 01:30pm
A weekend of first LarryS Basketball 4 Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:12pm
What a weekend! Steve M Softball 1 Mon Jul 16, 2001 10:05pm


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:08am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1