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Originally Posted by robbie
...Last out made with 0:01 remaining means THE NEXT INNING HAS STARTED. You do not have the right to stop tha game.
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While technically true, I've umpired in very few fields where there was a game timer on the scoreboard (only one site in the MSP metro has that
AFAIK), so keeping time is up to the umpire. I most certainly do NOT resolve game time down to the 0:01 resolution. I round DOWN in all communications with coaches... coach asks how much time remains, I look at my timer, and it reads 16:48.98 (yes, it goes down to the .01 second!), I tell the coach "About 16 minutes.) If the last out is recorded with ~ a minute or more remaining, we play again. Less than ~a minute remaining, and we are done. Notice the "~" - I have no hard and fast round-down limit. Good, sharp playing teams in a close game will get more of the benefit of the round down errorthan sloppy teams or a team being vastly out-played. Also coming into play here is how long an inning has been taking. Teams that have been taking 20-25 minutes to complete an inning are NOT starting the 4th inning with only a minute or so left on the clock!