Fun & Games at a "recreational" tournament

[greymule]

I remember playing in a bunch of one-pitch tournaments. The games go fast (obviously). Never encountered any of the issues Mike mentioned, though. I'm surprised that players wanted to leave 3B early, since the "one-pitch" stipulation doesn't affect distances or swings.

By the time I began umpiring, the one-pitch tournaments had pretty much disappeared, at least in the Soprano State.

For a while, "singles" tournaments were popular in central NJ, too. Games were on LL fields, and "home runs" were outs. Not easy to keep the ball in the park, and you had a good chance of keeping a team scoreless even when they had the bases loaded and no outs. Teams would play their outfields shallow, since it was so difficult to hit a ball over the outfielder but not over the fence. Never umpired a singles game, however.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by greymule

I'm surprised that players wanted to leave 3B early, since the "one-pitch" stipulation doesn't affect distances or swings.

They were afraid their teammate would hit them with the ball.

Anyone else see the hypocracy of the players? Get the hot bat, get it altered and then complain about all the other rules because it isn't safe with the bats being used.

[argodad]

We played a variation in intramurals at the Navy Postgrad School. One pitch, but the pitcher was on the offensive team. Nine defensive players. Either hit it fair, or you were out. If the ball touched the pitcher, you were out. You could play a game in 30 minutes. Lots of fun.