Time limit rule and weather

[Andy]

Of course the clock should stop during the weather delay.

What would you have done if your weather delay had been longer and it was approaching 8:30 when you were finally able to resume the game??

OK coaches...it's the bottom of the first..there are 5 minutes left for the game!

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by Andy

Of course the clock should stop during the weather delay.

What would you have done if your weather delay had been longer and it was approaching 8:30 when you were finally able to resume the game??

OK coaches...it's the bottom of the first..there are 5 minutes left for the game!

If the weather delay had been longer it would have been apparent that the game could not get to the point of being a legal game and it would have been called. The league requires 4 full innings (3 1/2 if home team leading) to be legal. By calling the game it is resumed from the starting point (league rule).

Now as for other issues with the time limits. We have divisions that play DH's (1:20 no new inning) as well, including some that have a different 2nd game opponent. What do you do in this situation if there is a 40 minute delay 10 minutes in. It is likely the game won't get to the require length. Do you end game one so game two can get in their schedule 1:20 time (with darkness becoming an issue), or do you continue game one from the 10 minute mark running it for another 1:10 minutes, pushing the starting time for the second game back to the point they won't get the full time in before sunset?

I work other leagues in which the time limit is included in the game time. The reason is to prevent later games from running into field curfew or light issues. I guess it becomes an issue of which group to be unfair too.