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This may have been what got them tossed from our game as the regional director would have had access to the pitching report for the tournament as the data is collected and turned in for each game on the umpire official scorecard.

And therein lies one of my biggest gripes with USSSA (and other sanctioning groups). As coaches, we have to fight tooth and nail a lot of times for the documented rules to be followed. Fighting with tournament directors will make you as a coach look bad with many and brand you a troublemaker with the league if it happens too much, while you're only trying to insure the directors do as they should normally. I found that part of coaching a real drag.

And for those saying the opposing teams parents should have been angry with their coach over this debacle, I've had parents scream at me after a game because I pulled their kid off the mound at a set pitch count, and didn't allow him to finish. Many of today's parents get so wrapped up in the competition they forget about the reality that these are only kids with built in limitations at their age. Don't ever count on the parents to make reasonable decisions about their kids and the teams they play on. That has to rest with coaches, and they too aren't always driven by the correct motivations either.

Actually, in this case anyone can see the pitching report. It is a live document that gets updated as each game's score is reported. After the coach pointed it out this morning I pulled up the online scores, went to the pitching report tab and sure enough for their semifinal game it list a kid having pitched 7 innings.