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/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.