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Expert: - 4/15/2011


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I'm a commissioner for 9-10 & 11-12yo Dixie Youth. Home team showed score of 7v-6h, visitors showed 7-7, umpire called the game declaring visitors winners. Teams shook hands, left dugout, then home team found discrepancy. Umpire required another inning played. Resulted in visitors still winning after a 3hr15min game. Was the umpire correct to require another inning or was the game officially over? Thanks.

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Randy,

I am not familiar with Dixie Youth rules, but I will give you the Umpire Common Sense comment.

Get it right.

If the umpire got it right and played the next inning because that was what needed to be done after finding the discrepancy, then play it.  To me, it looks like it just took a little longer in between innings to get it correct, that's all.

It also would depend on your local ground rules.  In my Little League program, it is the home team who keeps the official scorebook, and therefore, if there was a discrepancy between the two teams regarding score, then we would go to the home book.

I hope this has helped.

-Martin Hoover

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Questions regarding the Rules and Regulations of Little League Baseball and Softball. Questions regarding the history and organization of Little League Baseball at local, state, regional, and international levels. Advise regarding certain operational procedures and recommendations to Local League representatives.

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Volunteer Little League Umpire since 2000; 2003 Little League, Junior League, Senior League and Big League Softball European Regional Umpire; 2005 Little League Softball Western Regional Umpire; Member- Hesperia National(Hesperia, CA) Little League Board of Directors(2003-2004); President- Hesperia National Little League Board of Directors(2005-Present); 2007 Junior Softball Western Regional Umpire

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Little League Baseball, Inc is the main operational center. I fall under Little League Western Region, and California District 49. I currently serve as President of the Hesperia National Little League Board of Directors.

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Western Regional Junior Umpire School(2000)(Named Outstanding Junior Umpire of the Western Region Area); Instructor - Little League Baseball Western Regional Outreach Clinics

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Outstanding Junior Umpire of the Western Regional Area(2000)

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