That is irrelevant.



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From: llumpires@yahoogroups.com [mailto:llumpires@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Perkins
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:20 PM
To: llumpires@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [llumpires] Re: Rest for Resumed Game: Any Official Ruling?








Both of the teams playing the resumed game want it counted, but their next
opponents probably do not :)

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Ed Wiggins <ewiggins11@comcast.
<mailto:ewiggins11%40comcast.net> net> wrote:

>
>
> The situation is BOTH teams want it counted and will protest if it's NOT.
>
>
> _____
>
> From: llumpires@yahoogrou <mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
<llumpires%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> llumpires@yahoogrou <mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
<llumpires%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> Of Clay Berry
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 2:30 PM
> To: llumpires@yahoogrou <mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
<llumpires%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [llumpires] Re: Rest for Resumed Game: Any Official Ruling?
>
> If I was the opposing manager I would protest. So the best way to handle
it
> is to call your region and get a ruling. So you are not preventing a
> protest
> by ruling one way or the other. It is best to get a clarification and not
> guess.
>
> clay
>
> --- In llumpires@yahoogrou
<mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com<llumpires%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> ps.com, "Ed
> Wiggins" <ewiggins11@...> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: llumpires@yahoogrou
<mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com<llumpires%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> ps.com
> [mailto:llumpires@yahoogrou
<mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com<llumpires%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> ps.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Jerry McKissack
> > Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:45 AM
> > To: llumpires@yahoogrou
<mailto:llumpires%40yahoogroups.com<llumpires%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> ps.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<llumpires%2540yahoogroups.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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> >
>
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