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Old Tue Jul 22, 2014, 02:50pm
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Originally Posted by Manny A View Post
Most timed games I work, if we start a little early (say, 5:56 for a 6:00 game), the "official" start time is the scheduled time. But if we start late, the actual start time becomes the "official" time. So in your game, the NNI time would have been 8:33, not 8:30, at least over here.

I must admit, I hate two-hour time limits for NNI. I much prefer something tolerable like NNI at 1:20, drop dead at 1:30. Two-plus hours of softball is excessive, especially at the 12U rec level, where I typically see those long limits.
At least we have one nice rule where I umpire. All grades through 4th grade for girls (3rd for boys) are coach pitch games.

For the fifth grade girls (and I think, but I'm not sure 4th grade boys), when the bases become loaded it reverts to coach pitch rules.

This keeps the games moving a little better than if we waited for 7 runs on bases on balls to score (we have a 7 run per inning rule) which would have happened last night.

Personally I think 2 hours is too long, and it shows on the players when 8:25 rolls around, they are about done at that point physically and mentally.
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