As you may have heard, the National Legion has made several changes for 2018.
1. All State Tournament and National Tournament games will be 7 innings. As I understand it, this does not apply to playoff games leading up to the state tournament. But, see below
2. Max pitch count reduced from 120 to 105.
The S.C. State Committee is planning additional changes that have a lot of coaches upset. In essence, Senior Legion rules would be more like Junior Legion rules.
1. During the regular season, courtesy runners allowed for pitchers and catchers.
2. A STARTER removed from the game may later re-enter the game, at his original place in the batting order.
3. Regular season games would also be reduced to 7 innings. Apparently some coaches were hoping that they would remain 9 innings until the playoffs start.
4. Playoffs would be best of 3 series rather than best of 5. Lot of coaches opposed to this for some reason..
5. There is also talk of eliminating the state tournament, and have the last two teams standing play a best of 3 series.
6. The number of teams making the playoffs would also be reduced substantially, probably cut in half.
Apparently, there is far more opposition to some of these proposals than I would have anticipated. Not sure how it's all going to shake out.
1. All State Tournament and National Tournament games will be 7 innings. As I understand it, this does not apply to playoff games leading up to the state tournament. But, see below
2. Max pitch count reduced from 120 to 105.
The S.C. State Committee is planning additional changes that have a lot of coaches upset. In essence, Senior Legion rules would be more like Junior Legion rules.
1. During the regular season, courtesy runners allowed for pitchers and catchers.
2. A STARTER removed from the game may later re-enter the game, at his original place in the batting order.
3. Regular season games would also be reduced to 7 innings. Apparently some coaches were hoping that they would remain 9 innings until the playoffs start.
4. Playoffs would be best of 3 series rather than best of 5. Lot of coaches opposed to this for some reason..
5. There is also talk of eliminating the state tournament, and have the last two teams standing play a best of 3 series.
6. The number of teams making the playoffs would also be reduced substantially, probably cut in half.
Apparently, there is far more opposition to some of these proposals than I would have anticipated. Not sure how it's all going to shake out.