Time limit rule and weather

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

Why not take the game? Did I mention this is also one umpire system?

He said it tongue-in-cheek. Didn't you see the emoticons?

Originally Posted by chapmaja

I guess the issue isn't as much if it is the only game, but what if you have other games that evening. It's fine if you have the same teams, but what if you have a DH (1:20 limit) and a second set of teams for a second game. Do you finish game one by stopping the clock and restarting after the delay, thus making in unlikely game two will be played? Do you cancel game one in order to get game two started on time?

These are all questions that the league's local policies must answer. We can't really provide anything other than what the rule books would require.

I know that in leagues I've umpired, we finish Game One and not worry about the two teams waiting. They understand by being the second game of a night-time DH that they may not start on time. Happens all the time. If you stop Game One before it becomes official, and then something happens during Game Two that causes it to end before it's official, now the league has two games it has to reschedule. Better to get one done to completion. But that's my opinion.