7/18/11 Semi-Final Sunday 7/17

D2 semifinals were completed on Sunday 7/17/11. Only one of the 4 games went 6 innings. That was 11/12 Laconia vs Lamprey River. LR got out in early lead in first inning and I think just stunned Laconia. Bats for Laconia just were not there the way they were in qualifying. That was the one game I was able to watch. Next game was 11/12 Portsmouth vs Concord National. Concord Nat'l got on board early and seemed like it was going to be a game. Then Portsmouth bats woke up as usual. next thing I know there is 10 runs on board and a shorten game it is. I was a first base of a 6 man crew had a couple close calls but to be expected. The mixed umpire crew worked well together RL from Laconia had plate. Laconai umpires have a lot of expectation of how to act and where to be in between innings. Some other umpire look at us funny when we ask them to do it that way. I had plate for next game. 9/10 Portsmouth vs concord nat'l. by now it is 3pm and man it is hot out. Concord nat'l could not make the routine plays missing the can of corn catches. Portsmouth got the bats cranking and never stopped running the bases. A little to extreme at one point. it took us 2 plus hours for a 4 inning game. I think final was 25 to 2. I just wanted to get off the field on this one. Next game Rye vs Bow short names equal a short game. Rye won in 4th by mercy rule. Seemed like we were only on field for hour. Made up for some of last game. I was at third. Do not remember to many calls in that game. It was over before I knew it. Check out http://www.nhdistrict2littleleague.org/ for complete score and up coming games.