Mockery of the Game???

[DG]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

In the original sitch, wouldn't the visiting team, who was batting, want to DELAY the game, so darkness would fall without the home team getting to bat in their half of the inning? Or just whack the cover off of the ball and stay up at bat?

In my area, games start at 5:00 and are always over well before darkness, so I'm not sure of the rule of suspended play due to darkness; if it's any different then a weather suspension.

Seems to me like if the vistor's stayed up at bat, and it got too dark, and the game was official "ball game!".

If they had a big lead in the top of the 5th they would want to get the top half over with so the home team could bat before dark to make the game official.