Played at Northeast this weekend in 55 major, had 2 55 AAA teams in our pool play. We had to play one of the AAA teams and they took the 5 runs. Why is it that those runs count against us in the Runs Against category for seeding when technically they did not score them. They were given. It is also not fair because not all of the 55 M teams played a AAA team. We should not be penalized for runs against in that case. Thoughts?
oc - so the way it was explained to me was that AAA teams are given the equalizer because they are not as strong as M TEAMS (1 - 11). The reasoning allowing those runs to count in tiebreaker is that a 55M team is more likely to score more runs in a game than a AAA team (as they can only hit 3HR vs 6HR M teams can hit). So the teams that had to play 2 M teams were more likely to have a higher runs against, make sense? Of course it doesn't always seem to work out that way but that is the explanation I have rec'd and makes sense most of the time! :-)
Hope this helps.
I am talking about those of us on the M team get penalized on the runs against.. I have no problem giving the runs, I just don't think that those 5 runs should count in the runs against, especially when not all of the M teams play the AAA teams.. Sometimes the seeding comes down to a few runs, and those 5 free runs should not count, as the M team did not give them up technically
I will go on record in saying that I feel like the established equalizer rules work fine. Always? No. Most of the time? Yes.
The paperwork I'm seeing shows that 55 Major went 6-0 in crossover games vs 55 AAA in Syracuse this past weekend.
There were two (2) 55 M teams that went 0-2 in seed play with all of those losses coming against other 55 M teams.
There were two (2) 55 M teams that went 1-1 in seed play, with both of those losses coming aganst other 55 M teams.
The "FREE RUNS GIVEN" weren't really a factor in determining the outcome for any 55 M team. Wins & losses were....
Once you got to bracket, it was all 55 Major teams, and the #5 seed (who did play a 55 AAA team, was only allowed 3 HRs, and was "penalized again" by giving up "Free Runs") won the tournament.
5 runs in what could become a 5 inning game if the lower division team slows the game down, is a lot. Definitely with lower homerun limits. This is most evident in the younger divisions (40s and 50s) at the higher divisions (M+ and M). Maybe reduce homeruns but allow the higher divisions runs per inning in the case I stated. This is an offensive game, and a Major team can definitely get hot and score 5 per inning with these bats and balls.
In a 5-inning game, it's only four (4) runs ... Equalizer runs are allocated at one run per inning played, for innings 2 through six ...
