NHIAA State Adopted Rules
NHSUA 1978 to Present:
1.2.1 BASES NOTE: By state association adoption, a double first base is
permitted.
The base shall be a one-or-two-piece unit, 15 inches by 30 inches
and
manufactured to be of equal height. The base in foul territory
shall be a color
other than white.
4.2.3 ENDING A GAME: A state association may adopt game-ending
procedures
that determine how games are ended, including suspended games.
NHIAA has declared the a 12-run rule will be in effect after 5 innings, or 4
1/2
innings if the home team is ahead.
4.3.1.a FORFEITED GAME: A game shall be forfeited to the offended team
by
the umpire when a team: a) is late in appearing or in
beginning play after the umpire
calls "Play Ball". State associations
are authorized to specify the time frame
and/or cirumstances before a forfeit
will be decalred for a late arrival by one of the teams.
Umpires should
wait at least 45 minutes. After the 45-minute wait the game may
be
called as a "no game".
4-4 PROTESTED GAME: NH does allow for a game to be protested.
5.2.1.b SUSPENSION OF PLAY: "Time" shall be called by the umpire and
play
suspended: b) when the umpire considers the weather or
ground conditions unfit
for play. NOTE: After 30 minutes, the
umpire may declare the game ended or, by
state association adopted,
suspended.
If the game is not complete, then the game is a suspended game
and may be
picked up later and continued where it left off. Tournament
games must go 7
innings unless the 12-run rule is applied.