Manny,



I agree with Jerry. You understand the spirit and intent of the rule. If
you believe a pitcher is being over used, or a team is trying to gain
advantage by loop hole that is one thing. However that does not seem to be
the case. In the absence of official guidance we should come down on the
side of common sense. The rule is there to protect pitchers, not punish
them by making them sit without reasonable cause.



Our job is to prevent protests, not cause them. Go with your DA and the
wishes of the participants. I cannot see a down side if you don't believe
there is any harm to the players and no one is trying to game the system.



Since LL is not responding is seems obvious they do not see this as a big
deal.



All just my opinion, of course.



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From: llumpires@yahoogroups.com [mailto:llumpires@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jerry McKissack
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:45 AM
To: llumpires@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [llumpires] Re: Rest for Resumed Game: Any Official Ruling?








I think it counts as a game. (Meets the spirit of the rule.)

Jerry

--- In llumpires@yahoogrou <mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com,
"Manny Aponte" <aponte5412@...> wrote:
>
> I asked this on eteamz, and didn't get anything that I can use to convince
a couple of managers what they face. I also asked the question on the LL
website's "Ask the Tournament Director" feature, but since they haven't
answered a question since June 30th, my confidence in getting a timely
answer is waning.
>
> This Tuesday (7/7), we are resuming a Juniors district pool-play game that
was stopped due to weather last week. In the meantime, both teams played
complete games over the weekend where they used pitchers that now require
rest. They want to know if the resumed game this Tuesday is going to serve
as the game-rest requirement for those pitchers.
>
> A couple of folks on eteamz claim that they were told by Andy K that
resumed games never count as games of rest, no matter how many innings are
played. That's because the first part of the game does count as a game if it
goes one inning, and making the completion of the game another game of rest
basically turns this into two separate games.
>
> So, does anybody have anything official to offer? My DA feels that the
resumed game should count, and I disagree. I feel like I should just tell
both managers that it doesn't count, let them protest, and then deal with it
the old-fashioned way (phone calls to LL HQ).
>
> Manny Aponte
> VA D9 UIC
>





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