LL Rules Question

[Jim Porter]

Originally posted by jicecone
The visiting team was leading 5-3 at the end of the 4th with threating clouds of rain and thunder in the distance. The home team got up to bat and scored 11 runs. With one out, I stopped the game because of the weather

So, you stopped the game with the home team ahead 14-5 in the bottom of the fourth? If it's a six inning game, it is regulation, it is complete, and the home team has won 14-5.

During the time the home team was at bat I kept thinking to myself that if I was this coach I would be getting some outs here because if the game ends, the score would revert back to the last inning and the visitors would win.

No, no. The score would only have reverted back if the visitors had either tied the score or taken the lead in the top of the fourth, and the home team had not tied the score or taken the lead in the bottom of the incomplete fourth. Since the home team took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, you do not revert the score.

I followed up with the league and they stated that LL rules have changed and state that if the home team is wiining when the is stopped prior to the completion of the inning, then they are the declared winers.

Perhaps it was a gentle way to let you down, rather than to tell you that you erred. The LL rule has not changed. However, in Major League Baseball, the rule has changed. There is no reverting back in pro ball anymore.

This is a new one on me and not having a book in hand its been difficult to verify. Help. Are there any internet site where the complete rules have been placed? I cant find them.

You won't find the rules on-line legally anywhere. Sorry.