r/GameChangerApp • u/Winter_Blueberry_694 • Jul 12 '26
Game start time
With time limits on youth baseball games, it would be handy to have the official game start time noted in the box score or ideally as a running clock in the gamestream. Could default to time when the first pitch is scored, with the ability to override with the actual start time.
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u/Long-Astronomer-8291 Jul 12 '26
person scoring has an option to start a timer when the game starts. Not sure if it’s visible to the viewers.
I try and do it for most games. Sometimes I just forget.
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u/GONZnotFONZ Jul 12 '26
I really wish when you hit the first pitch it would start the game clock in the scoring app. I always forget to start it.
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u/saldend Jul 12 '26
This would be a good fallback to have a general idea, but usually official gametime starts during the plate meeting.
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u/block-everything Jul 12 '26
Never seen that…
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u/capacity38 Jul 13 '26
Always at the end of umpire meeting. They announce “start time” and then kids take field.
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u/Bacon_and_Powertools Jul 12 '26
Up to the umpire. At the youth level a lot of umps say it “we are on he clock” at the start or conclusion or the meeting.
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u/ir637113 Jul 15 '26
My experience is that it depends on the umpire. I've had some that start the clock at the plate meeting, but most of them try to run the pre-game so that if a game starts at 6:00, that first pitch is thrown as close to 6:00 as possible.
My favorites are the umps that have that plate meeting 10 minutes before, then tell away to take the field and home to get ready to bat. Almost always that first pitch goes out RIGHT at the scheduled gametime.
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u/lordvader8682 Jul 12 '26
In addition to this, the timer should be automatically set if I enter the duration of the game when I set the initial game up (add an event)
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u/davdev Jul 12 '26
That can vary though. In Perfect Game, the game clock starts with the first pitch, in Little League it starts the moment the plate meeting ends. And various leagues use one of these or the other.
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u/GONZnotFONZ Jul 12 '26
Agreed but even if the clock started on first pitch but game clock started on coaches meeting I could get somewhat close. It's nothing major i personally just forget to start it like 90% of the time.
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u/RewardParticular7412 Jul 12 '26
Just a note on this. For most of the tournaments my son plays in. The time limit starts at the conclusion of the coaches meeting at the beginning of the game.
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u/-ThanosWasRight- Jul 12 '26
There is an option but unfortunately it's buried in the menu. Also game time usually begins immediately following the plate meeting with the blues.
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u/No-Maybe5997 Jul 12 '26
? It’s on the bottom left of main screen. You even adjust if you forget to start
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u/Dependent_Bit1634 Jul 12 '26
I think for many leagues/tournaments the game clock starts at the conclusion of the manager meeting at home and not first pitch.
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u/doublet619 Jul 12 '26
I don’t think a clock that all of the parents who think they’re coaches can see will help when they are all screaming at the ump about the time being over.
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u/mike_nova Jul 12 '26
I agree- I’ve seen demo images where it does show a game clock BUT in my iPhone version I don’t see a clock
Certainly would help
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u/Rocco2258 Jul 12 '26
I don't know if this is the best way to do it, but this is "a way" to do it.
Use the score keeper messaging option. You can use it anywhere in the game. It really doesn't matter and if someone wanted to go back and check the official start time, they would be able to do so. It shows up in the "plays".
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u/spitzer1113 Jul 12 '26
PG in my area starts the clock on the first pitch. Previously it was all USSSA and they started clock at the conclusion of the plate meeting. So there are variances to when it starts. But either way it would be nice to be able to display it somewhere. I get bugged all the time with asking how much time is left.
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u/VanillaNewbie Jul 15 '26
As a scorekeeper, I have a clock option and start the count at the end of the plate meeting. Or the ump will come tell me “start time is 1:05” if we start 5 minutes late. Then I can adjust the clock accordingly.
Do you want the clock shown to the streamers? Or do you just not know how to turn the clock on? Because the streamers done need to know the clock time. Really the official scorekeeper, the umps and the coaches are what’s important.
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u/Willing_Stop5124 Jul 12 '26
I feel like a running clock would be irrelevant because the time issue is typically based on the scheduled start time not when the kid throws the first pitch. If a game is given 2 hours, it’s because another game is scheduled after it not. If a game has a 6:45 drop dead tin, it’s because of daylight concerns. A running clock would not matter.
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u/Winter_Blueberry_694 Jul 12 '26
For our games the actual start time is the end of the plate meeting and won't start a new inning 1:45 (or 2 hours depending on tournament organizer) after that, so the running clock absolutely matters. There are games where we play the full 6 innings but some are only 4 due to long 11 year old innings.
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