"no new inning after xx"

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

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.

Most timed games I work, if we start a little early (say, 5:56 for a 6:00 game), the "official" start time is the scheduled time. But if we start late, the actual start time becomes the "official" time. So in your game, the NNI time would have been 8:33, not 8:30, at least over here.

I must admit, I hate two-hour time limits for NNI. I much prefer something tolerable like NNI at 1:20, drop dead at 1:30. Two-plus hours of softball is excessive, especially at the 12U rec level, where I typically see those long limits.