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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 738656" data-attributes="member: 12570">Klein, it&#039;s one thing to win and yet another to run up the score.&nbsp;I coached both Little League and Babe Ruth baseball when my son was growing up.&nbsp; Whenever a game was getting out of hand I would pull my starting pitcher and stronger players and give my bench players more playing time.&nbsp; I would also tell the kids that if they hit a single not to try to stretch it in to a double. You can&#039;t stop playing the game but you can do so without running up the score.&nbsp; &nbsp;We also had a gentleman&#039;s agreement among the coaches that scores reported to the local paper would have no more than a 9 run difference. For example, if the actual acore was 18-3 it would be reported as 12-3.&nbsp; Yes, the kids still knew, but their classmates did not&nbsp;My daughter played hockey and if her team was winning big her coach would tell the kids to pass the puck at least 5 times before putting a shot on net.&nbsp; Again, you can&#039;t stop playing the game, but you don&#039;t have to run up the score.&nbsp; Winning 5-4 counts as a win just as much as winning 18-0 does.&nbsp;A simple solution to all of this would be a mercy rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 738656, member: 12570"] Klein, it's one thing to win and yet another to run up the score. I coached both Little League and Babe Ruth baseball when my son was growing up. Whenever a game was getting out of hand I would pull my starting pitcher and stronger players and give my bench players more playing time. I would also tell the kids that if they hit a single not to try to stretch it in to a double. You can't stop playing the game but you can do so without running up the score. We also had a gentleman's agreement among the coaches that scores reported to the local paper would have no more than a 9 run difference. For example, if the actual acore was 18-3 it would be reported as 12-3. Yes, the kids still knew, but their classmates did not My daughter played hockey and if her team was winning big her coach would tell the kids to pass the puck at least 5 times before putting a shot on net. Again, you can't stop playing the game, but you don't have to run up the score. Winning 5-4 counts as a win just as much as winning 18-0 does. A simple solution to all of this would be a mercy rule. [/QUOTE]

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