ASA Rainouts-players-and teams pulling out

Question
OK Doc. I have a few questions for you/ situations.
1) We were at a ASA tourney today and it began to rain and thunder in beteween the 4th innning, the director called the game and said the opposite team won because they were up more
2) one girl on the team we played was at one time rostered on the team but left to play 14U ball (they are 12U) and then just today decides to come back and they "say" shes still rostered. So if she went on another team that means she quit and they team would have to fill out one of those pickup player forms and submit one to the director with the form they sent to the ASA offices attached that okayed it.
3) After this same game was called the director(this was the team we were playing who hoasted the tourney)said they dropped out. Now we just lost to a team who is no longer in the tourney meaning that no other team would have to play this team who we were just defeated by. Why does this game count as a loss if no one else has to play them yet we will be seeded poorly wen we played a gme against someone who isnt in the tourney. Is this stuff right, i just done understand? I looked in the rule book but couldnt find anything on this topic. I know that if a team in a tourney drops all people who they play get a forfit so that isnt fair t the loseing team.

Answer
Good morning Anthony,

My answers assume this is an ASA sponsored tournament and not a local tournie just using ASA umpires.

#1 If you were in the 4th inning or completed 4 innings and not 41/2 and were not down 20 or more runs I really don't know why they called it a regulation game.  By the book it is not a reg game and should be resumed at the exact point it was stopped.

#2 that is an eligibility question and that is the responsibility of the tournament director.  Umpires never rule on that.  I have not been a TD (and don't want to be) so I can't help with that.  It is out of my area of expertise.

#3  Again that is a question that should be directed to the tournament director.  If I understand your question right and we're talking about regular ASA tournament play a forfeit in the winner's bracket shouldn't effect you.  You drop down to the loser's bracket and have to lose again before you go home.  Team #1 forfeits their next game, drops to the LB and then forfeits that game.  for whatever it's worth team #1 finishes the tournie 1-2, while you still have a chance to win the tournie.
Mark