skipping your time at bat

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Originally Posted by KJUmp

Our local listing on this type of sitch would be a forfeit right at the point that the team declined to take their turn at bat. This would be followed by a report to our assignor, who would then send it to the state HS association.
Ball is then in their court. While yes it's JV, and there are no standings etc., there is an issue of the team being classified non-competitive. In previous years (and in sports other than FP), teams have been forced to suspend their season do to issues that have made them non-competitive, injuries, budget, academic, excessive cancellations (not related to weather/grounds) etc. at the V, JV, or freshman level.
As umps, not really our issue, we just report it and the state assoc. takes it from there....however it is not within our authority here to "OK" the game being played in a manner not listed in the rule book.

I don't think what you are proposing is possible. How can you forfeit a game against one team for not batting when there is no defense in the field?

Report it, sure. Go crazy about it? Like you said, not really the umpire's issue. It is also not unheard of happening, nor anything new. If neither team wants to continue playing (remember, both teams agreed to this), what are you going to do?