Given other relevant facts known only to the person asking the question; and/or known only to other persons, officials, manager, etc,.

present at the game---no person on THIS board has enough information to answer the question.

For example: re the pitcher the OP's question applies to:  has the calendar day the subject game at hand started, now gone past midnite, fulfilled whatever number of days rest the subject pitcher was required to fill from his last outing?

The subject scheduled  game date, now gone past midnite, comprising a calendar day, would count as one(1)----toward that pitcher's required days rest----just possible, that one day not fulfilling the requirement. All else being equal, if one(1) calendar's rest applies to the subject pitcher, he would be good to pitch past midnite.

Other factors in re to the subject potential replacement pitcher being eligible-----also not known to us on this board.

keeping in mind, for Juniors, no new inning may be started after 12:30 AM.

Frank!

Well, I totaly accept that ruling----as it makes sense!

It never entered my mind.

Frank!

I might be reaching here, but I assuming this has to do with rest for the pitcher. So if he needed one more day rest, and the game went after midnight, the answer would be no. BUT if the game is suspended say at 12:30 AM, and let's say later that same day at 2:00 PM it is resumed, the pitcher could pitch then.

Does that make sense? Looks like Region said that a game started on Tuesday and continues into Wednesday does no constitute and new day, but a game starts Tuesday, get's suspended early Wednesday morning, and resumes on Wednesday a pitcher can come in the same day following a suspension and pitch if he hit his days rest.

Frank, what you may be confusing is the fact that a pitcher who becomes ineligible in a called game (e.g., he pitched and then was removed from the game for a sub prior to the game being suspended) remains ineligible when the game resumes.

Rest requirements are per calendar day, not per game.  If a pitcher has to rest today to complete his rest requirement, he is completely legal tomorrow.  Should a game today be suspended for tomorrow, he gains his eligibility to pitch.

I guess I don't care for SWR's ruling in the OP's situation.  The rest rule clearly states "calendar day", so when midnight is reached, we have a new calendar day, do we not?  What's the difference between the game continuing on past midnight, and the game being suspended after midnight due to curfew and then resuming eight hours later?  They say the pitcher can't pitch in the former, but he can in the latter.  Why?  If the kid has stayed off the mound for the right number of calendar days, by rule, then he should gain his full eligibility.

If there is an exception to be made for this particular case, then state so in the rules.

Manny_A wrote:

 

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I guess I don't care for SWR's ruling in the OP's situation.  The rest rule clearly states "calendar day", so when midnight is reached, we have a new calendar day, do we not?  What's the difference between the game continuing on past midnight, and the game being suspended after midnight due to curfew and then resuming eight hours later?  They say the pitcher can't pitch in the former, but he can in the latter.  Why?  If the kid has stayed off the mound for the right number of calendar days, by rule, then he should gain his full eligibility.

 

If there is an exception to be made for this particular case, then state so in the rules.

Let's look at the flip side. Are you going to take the pitcher off the mound at midnight (in the middle of an at-bat) because he pitched on Tuesday and requires days of rest starting on Wednesday?

What about the (Juniors) starting pitcher who was removed from the mound but remained in the game - can he throw 50 pitches to start the game on Tuesday and then come back to close it out on Wednesday at 12:10am?

If the pitcher can remain in the game, do the pitches thrown on Tuesday count differently from the pitches thrown on Wednesday for determining days of rest?

Changing the "calendar day" in the middle of the game opens a can of worms - perhaps even more than suspending the game and resuming it the next day

The easy (and, IMO, sensible) thing is to simply say that everything that happens up to the curfew is as if it happened on the calendar day on which the game started.

Touche, Mark.  I certainly have no issues after you pose the flipside.

Still, it is something that should be covered by the tournament rules or the FAQs, along with how pitches delivered in called games and when they resume should be tallied for rest purposes.