whales wrote:
Newer little league ballfield scoreboards will often have a P or PC. It's funny when folks can't figure out what that is even when it increments by one after every pitch.
I've been to a bunch of ball games. When I saw that MVR I asked the two guys with me if they knew what it meant, then texted a few trivia types, to make sure that I wasn't posting something really stupid on here.
That said, after I knew what it meant, I noticed that the numbers did not, in fact, change after a visit to the mound. So I looked it up for all of you:
Each team has six mound visits by a manager, pitching coach, or teammate over a 9-inning game and an additional visit per extra inning. It doesn't count during a pitching change. The umpires can award extra mound visits willy-nilly*, much like extra time in soccer**.
It doesn't seem to have sped up the game at all. Mariners had 5 and the Sox had 4 by the end of the game, which lasted about 3 hours.
GYPSY
* "Umpires can award additional visits by the catcher if his signals with the pitcher get crossed up. Those will be granted on the request of the catcher on a case-by-case basis." (The Baltimore Sun. "On Opening Day, know your MVR," Encina, Eduardo A., March 29, 2018.)
** I do not understand soccer.