Umpire interprets tournament rules with a bend towards soccer.

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May 15, 2016
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Here are the rules the tournament sent out for the ending of the games-
Saturday game time limits:
No inning can start after 1 hour and 15 minutes
Once an inning starts, it must be played to completion or if Hard Stop Time at 1 hour and 30 minutes happens first (games may end in a tie). Score reverts back to previous inning unless home team has taken the lead.

No surprise there.

So my DDs' team is the home team. They take a one run lead and the inning ends at 1 hour and 15 minutes. Our HC calls out to the umpire that the time is 1 hour and 15 minutes since the start of the game. He declares the game over. The HC of the other team starts complaining, first saying, "who is keeping the official time, I don't know who is keeping the time?" The ump tells her he is keeping the time, which I thought was obvious. Then she continues to complain, but I don't know what is being said. A moment later the ump turns to our HC and says that because one of our players was hurt two innings earlier, and delayed the game for a few minutes, he was going to give the other team an extra minute to start the next inning. The player on our team hurt was the #4 batter, who left the game and did not return. Seems hard to say that was a delaying tactic.

Extra time due to injury in a time limit tournament game? Is this a real thing I did not know about?

BTW, the end result, the other team got up, scored two runs, but our team got up and kept the inning going until the 1 hour and 30 minute mark was reached. The ump finally declared the game over and the score reverted.
 
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Oct 3, 2011
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Here's the problem with the entire scenario...as soon as the third out was made and called, the new inning started. Therefore, since the time was called after the 3rd out was made, you still should have played the new inning. Also, as far as I know, no major rule set has rules that deal with timed games and/or allowing/adding extra time. Since you have not specified a tourney rule dealing with this issue, I'm assuming there is none. Thus, even though the inning should have still been played to completion or the drop dead/revert back time, Blue was wrong in making up a rule to justify it.
 
Jun 22, 2008
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How injuries are dealt with is going to depend completely on the tournament director. I can tell you where I am located typical injuries are treated as a normal part of the game and the clock does not get stopped. If the injury cannot be taken care of in a reasonable amount of time or medical assistance has to be brought onto the field then the clock is stopped until the player can be removed and play resumed.
 
Feb 27, 2017
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and since it was only 15 min of extra time. I would have put in my worst pitcher and hope she walked for 15 minutes!! lol j/k
 
Jul 16, 2013
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How injuries are dealt with is going to depend completely on the tournament director. I can tell you where I am located typical injuries are treated as a normal part of the game and the clock does not get stopped. If the injury cannot be taken care of in a reasonable amount of time or medical assistance has to be brought onto the field then the clock is stopped until the player can be removed and play resumed.

I have only ever been involved with one timed game that included an injury that required medical attention and a substantial delay. The umpire announced to both teams that time was being stopped, and then announced to both teams when he restarted the time. I don't know what the actual rule is (if any), but by making his announcements, both teams were well aware what was happening.
 
Sep 14, 2011
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I have only ever been involved with one timed game that included an injury that required medical attention and a substantial delay. The umpire announced to both teams that time was being stopped, and then announced to both teams when he restarted the time. I don't know what the actual rule is (if any), but by making his announcements, both teams were well aware what was happening.

This is pretty much the accepted method for the situation in my experience. If not specifically stated in the tournament rules, the decision to stop the time rests with the umpire. If the time is stopped, it should be announced to both teams when the stop happens and again when the time is started back up. It's purely the judgement of the umpire as to what constitutes a "substantial delay" and requires the time to be stopped.
 

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