Hi Manny!

I asked a similar question of Corey Wright and he said that the suspended game
counts. I have placed our conversation below. Hope it helps!

Marty:

Yes, it would count as a game of rest. But one point of clarification, just
because the suspended game counts as a game of rest for this specific pitcher,
please remember that he is still in eligible to pitch in the resumption (if that
is the game next before a new game). Why? Because he is still ineligible to
pitch in the resumption because it's the SAME game that he was ineligible to
pitch in the first place.

Thanks.

Corey M. Wright
Assistant East Region Director
Little League Baseball and Softball
East Region Headquarters
PO Box 2926
Bristol, CT 06011-2926
Email: cwright@...<mailto:cwright@...>
Website: www.LittleLeague.org/East<http://www.LittleLeague.org/East>
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Ort [mailto:mort@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:12 PM
To: Corey Wright
Subject: Pitching Rule Question

Hello my friend! I hope that all is well with you as the tournaments are
progressing.

I have a quick question, and Mike and I are pretty sure we know the right
answer, but before we tell the coaches anything I want to be sure we have the
right answer.

A pitcher threw 85 pitches on Sunday in a 9 - 10 Baseball tournament game. His
team's game on Tuesday was suspended in the fourth inning. Does the suspended
game count for the rest requirement allowing the pitcher from Sunday to throw
again on Thursday?



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From: llumpires@yahoogroups.com [mailto:llumpires@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Manny Aponte
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:01 AM
To: llumpires@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [llumpires] Rest for Resumed Game: Any Official Ruling?





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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