One for Lookout123: Win by more than 5 points = you lose

[Shawnee123]

Eek: life isn't always fair. Sports teach you that important lesson.

When I played real sports, if we got way ahead, the coach would put in the second and third strings...if they could've thrown the cheerleaders on the court they would have. I agree about sportsmanship, I was taught that lesson, too. I had my ass handed to me on the court and on the track, and I graciously lost, just as I graciously, sometimes, won.

It's time we learned: not EVERYONE is good at sports, nor do they have to be. I want a trophy and an A in chemistry: that bitch who always got an A in chemistry wasn't being fair to me...she should have quit at a B, so I would have felt better about myself.

Ugh...

eta: there was a "run rule" in baseball and softball...don't remember what it was exactly but once a team was ahead by a jazillion runs they could call the game: I believe both coaches amicably agreed to this arrangement.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

eta: there was a "run rule" in baseball and softball...don't remember what it was exactly but once a team was ahead by a jazillion runs they could call the game: I believe both coaches amicably agreed to this arrangement.

The slaughter rule. For baseball in my state, the game was called after a team was up by ten runs in the 5th inning. This did not include playoff games. My junior year, we lost in the second round 35-1. The slaughter rule was extended to playoffs the next year.

hehehe. Something to laugh about later.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

When I played real sports, if we got way ahead, the coach would put in the second and third strings...if they could've thrown the cheerleaders on the court they would have.

I'm guessing this rule is because some coaches just don't have the integrity to do this. It's a shame when you feel the need to legislate good sportsmanship. I reckon it will ionly serve to make those teams even less sportsmanlike, because they just don't get it and now they have something to grind their axe on.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by monster

I'm guessing this rule is because some coaches just don't have the integrity to do this. It's a shame when you feel the need to legislate good sportsmanship.

Not necessarily. I played baseball for a good number of years and I can say that once a team gets hot, there is almost nothing the coach can do to keep their team from scoring. In the 35-1 game I mentioned, the backups were put in early and they did just as well as the starters. We went through five pitchers and only one of them was able to do somewhat decently. We had no confidence. They were dripping confidence. Their coach could have only prevented the score by putting players in positions they usually don't play (very bad sportsmanship in baseball) and literally told their players to not hit the ball (something you don't do).

In high school baseball, and I'm guessing softball too, big score differences are going to happen and most of the time it isn't the coach's fault or bad sportsmanship on their part. Also, many losing coaches will not "give up" the game as well. That is why the slaughter rule exists. To prevent 5 hour long games that are clearly one sided.


Saying that, I strongly disagree with the five run rule. Different circumstances.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Trying to fix the point spread.

[monster]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Not necessarily. I played baseball for a good number of years and I can say that once a team gets hot, there is almost nothing the coach can do to keep their team from scoring. In the 35-1 game I mentioned, the backups were put in early and they did just as well as the starters. We went through five pitchers and only one of them was able to do somewhat decently. We had no confidence. They were dripping confidence. Their coach could have only prevented the score by putting players in positions they usually don't play (very bad sportsmanship in baseball) and literally told their players to not hit the ball (something you don't do).

In high school baseball, and I'm guessing softball too, big score differences are going to happen and most of the time it isn't the coach's fault or bad sportsmanship on their part. Also, many losing coaches will not "give up" the game as well. That is why the slaughter rule exists. To prevent 5 hour long games that are clearly one sided.


Saying that, I strongly disagree with the five run rule. Different circumstances.

apples and oranges. Soccer games are a fixed length and there are plenty of sporting ways to keep the game going and interesting and help improve the kids skills without racking up huge score differences.