College baseball: Have MERCY!
Jun 3, 2009
The Ohio State baseball team gave up 71 runs in the four games they played in the NCAA baseball regionals.
71 runs!
17.75 runs per game!
Georgia beat Ohio State 24-8 in the opening round and Florida State sent the Bucks packing with a 37-6 whuppin' on Sunday. What would the church lady think?
Have mercy please!
The college baseball playoffs need a mercy rule which is the politically correct way to define the slaughter rule ... same meaning but one is softer than the other.
The ACC had the mercy rule in place for the ACC baseball tournament. If a team is up by 10 runs after the seventh inning the game is called. Virginia beat North Carolina 11-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule.
When there are multiple teams playing at one site, games can take forever. Sprinkle in the usual weather delay and you have yourself a marathon day.
I'm all for giving a team a fair chance for a comeback but I also know that there comes a time when Ole' Bessie needs to be taken to pasture.
Implement the mercy rule in the baseball playoffs. You'll be doing all of us a favor.
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Posted Jun 2, 4:32 p.m.
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RE: Have MERCY !
Hey Jeff. I think that you are right. To save time and money and the embarrassment; after it is totally clear, then call off the dogs. I remember when I was an High School Assistant Football coach, and we were getting beaten by 47-0 at halftime. I went to the head coach at half-time and begged him to talk to the officials to shorten the quarters to the least amount they could muster.They did it. Still got beat 72-6, but we got home earlier. They may have set a state record had we kept playing the normal quarters.
