Umpires cutting games short

[snoman76]

An act of kindness. The outcome of the game was not going to change so why not let the girl finish her at-bat??? The other coach had sour grapes.

Ok, but now what if that girl gets hurt because there was an unnecessary play? I opted not to start a new inning with 2 minutes left (Drop dead revert back) because of that reason. The outcome would not change so why take the risk?

 

[wvanalmsick]

Ok, but now what if that girl gets hurt because there was an unnecessary play? I opted not to start a new inning with 2 minutes left (Drop dead revert back) because of that reason. The outcome would not change so why take the risk?

I see your point. A lot of other variables could be brought into play, heat, how many games already played, etc.

Well, he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

 

[NCWaves2015]

In this case, it was the first game for our team, temp was a comfortable 74, and ultimately would have been my own fault/responsibility had an injury occured. I knew time had run out, but wasn't going to force the issue of time if the umpire was going to let it go. Also, it was timed/finish the inning, not drop dead/revert.