AT WHAT POINT DOES A NEW INNING START?

[brandda]

I would be really careful about this. We had an umpire who got in a lot of trouble for taking this approach. The problem is that if the rules say you can start an inning because of time/light/whatever you are penalizing the team who is behind at the time you call it. Think about it, you might get 6 outs on 6 pitches.

When this happened to us (and it was worse in our case because the umpire's son was on the team that was ahead when he called it) I would say always start the inning and if conditions become unplayable, you call the game and revert to the score at the last completed inning.

I would never presumptively call a game based on what I "think" was going to happen unless both coaches are in agreement. That will definitely get you a protest.