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Old Thu Jul 03, 2003, 10:32am
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Originally posted by whiskers_ump
I know I will get some kick back here, but that is one of
the reasons I like calling on a field where the scoreboard
has the old clock a ticking. Everyone knows how much time
is left. I will admit not many of the fields in this area
do have to the clock, but it makes it nice when time limits
are utilized.

JMO

glen
While I am not completely innocent of shaving the clock in the past (hopeless situation, no point prolonging an agony, under 2 minutes left, leading team due up and such), last year I started using a count-down timer in my pocket & this year I have started hanging it on the backstop for both coaches to see.

I've had a few of those "hopeless" situations this year, too, and when given the complete picture, coaches agree to end it.
We require that each of our umpires use the countdown timer and display it on the fence. You can pick one up at WalMart for about ten bucks.

About the crazy stuff this last weekend, we had two 12u teams disqualified from a tournament for the coaches physically fighting each other on the field after a game.

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