time limit on a game

High school baseball does not have a time limit. However, during the Easter Tournament, some tournament sites have special rules designed to speed things up as they often have 3-4 games scheduled in a day.

They might require wood bats. Or allow for courtesy runners for catchers and pitchers. Often they will impose a time limit.

You should not allow them to set aside a safety rule (they couldn't decide to play without helmets). Teams should also discuss any special rules at the plate meeting. If they don't tell you about it during the plate meeting, they're stuck. They can't change rules halfway through a game.

That said, if in the 3rd inning a team wanted to put on a courtesy runner and we hadn't discussed courtesy runners at all during the plate meeting, I'd check with the other team. If their coach is okay with it, then there's really no harm in allowing it.

In tournaments, always ask at the plate meeting if there's any special rules they'd like to follow and you can avoid situations like this.

Kevin: There is no time limit in High School games. However, Adam is right, some sites have  limit between 2 hrs. 15 min, and others 2- 1/2 hrs, during Easter Tournament as there are several games on the same field. This should be mentioned during the pre-game conference with coaches, and never should let coaches come up with "their own special rules". 
Manuel Provedor

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