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Ump29 Fri Jul 03, 2009 07:14am
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Originally Posted by Paul L (Post 612155)
OBR 4.12: "(a) A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated for . . . (4) Darkness, when a law prevents the lights from being turned on."

I thought the score of a regulation game would revert to the end of the last completed inning too, but I cannot find any rule support under OBR. But that is the rule for Fed baseball (4-2-3) and softball. See BRD 440.
You will not find a reference to this in OBR as it was removed many years ago. It is now one of those "rule myths".

mbyron Fri Jul 03, 2009 07:44am
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Originally Posted by Ump29 (Post 612165)
You will not find a reference to this in OBR as it was removed many years ago. It is now one of those "rule myths".
Huh? It's on p. 39:

OBR Rule 4

SanDiegoSteve Fri Jul 03, 2009 09:17am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ump29 (Post 612165)
You will not find a reference to this in OBR as it was removed many years ago. It is now one of those "rule myths".
Quote:
Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 612169)
Huh? It's on p. 39:

OBR Rule 4
Yes, it was changed to become a suspended game, although many leagues that don't like the idea of coming back another day to resume the game still just revert the score to the previous inning for the sake of convenience. Rule 4.12(a)(4) covers darkness, and includes fields which have no lights.

Ump29 Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:42pm
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Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 612169)
Huh? It's on p. 39:

OBR Rule 4
I was referring to the score reverting back to the previous inning. Sorry for the mis-interpretation of my post.

DonInKansas Fri Jul 03, 2009 01:37pm
Doesn't matter one way or another to me. Call it and let the honchos figure it out.

johnnyg08 Fri Jul 03, 2009 02:49pm
the mlbum states that a game stopped due to darkness or light failure is a suspended game

njdevs00cup Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:47pm
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Originally Posted by DonInKansas (Post 612266)
Doesn't matter one way or another to me. Call it and let the honchos figure it out.
Amen brother! After quite a bit of bickering, my partner and I signed both score books, let the coaches know we would file game reports and went about our merry way. I had the same team (visitors in my initial post)yesterday and they still did not know the verdict.


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