"no new inning after xx"

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Worked an ASA tournament this weekend where we had time limits of 90 minutes. That meant no new inning would start after 90 minutes.

Again, the question of when a new inning starts came up. I've always thought it was immediately following the third out of the home team's at bat. Similarly, I've used the third out of a half-inning as the starting point for the pitcher's 1 minute of warm up activity. I don't time it with a watch, but if the catcher or pitcher is dallying, I may not allow warm ups or tell them to take one and throw it down.

Through hearsay, one of our visiting umpires from New Brunswick asked about the point at which a new inning begins. He claims he was told it was as soon as the pitcher takes her position on the PP. This sounds wrong to me, so I tried looking it up in the umpires' manual. I couldn't find anything specific as to when a new inning starts.

Is there such a reference that I missed, or is there nothing in the book?

Thanx.

I had a similar time limit issue last night. Rec League game, 2 hour time limit (Girls 5th grade). We were supposed to start at 6:30, but started at 6:33 instead. As time is clicking down we get to the bottom of the 5th inning. Strike 3, batter's out. just over 30 seconds left on the clock.

"Hey Blue, are we playing the 6th inning?"

I easily could have said no but since we started late and I do keep a countdown timer, I had to be honest and say yes we are playing the 6th. 20minutes later we were exactly where we started the 6th inning, the home team winning by 1.