One has to wonder if the high school baseball mercy rule was actually a pretty good thing after all.
Maybe I'm only looking at one day but check out some of Monday's scores.
Waterford 37 Wheeler 1
Bacon Academy 23 Woodstock 1
Windham Tech 27 Goodwin Tech 4
Cheney Tech 24 Grasso Tech 2
That's just a sampling of them.
The baseball mercy rule could be modified a bit as, in the one year of its existence, it was a 10-run rule after 4 1/2 innings. Coaches argued that baseball teams could come back from that deficit and win and enough people were against it- that it was scrapped.
How about just follow the softball rule and go with 15 runs after 4 1/2 innings. Face it, when you're down by that much, the bat boy is usually on the mound pitching and every one knows the outcome.
Why prolong the agony?