Lightning guidelines

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I hope you are not an ASA umpire because if you are you had better adhere to the 30 minute rules as listed in the ASA Rules Book. That standard is just about universally adopted by most governing bodies. The OhioHSAA and MichigaHSAA use the same rule as the ASA does for all of its outdoor sports.

MTD, Sr.

That may be true in your area relating to state high school adoptions. Not at all true here.

The ASA Rules Book doesn't have a lightning rule that must be adhered to. It calls it a guideline, and says "should", not shall or must.

Nor is it listed as a rule in the Rules Book. It is a portion of the "Safety Awareness Guide".