- Team Insurance
- All teams are required to have insurance and should be carried with them at all times. It is the coach/manager’s responsibility to make sure all your players are covered under your teams insurance.
- Team Registration
- Entry fee is $100.00
- Cut-off date is May 1st for each age group.
- Proof of player’s eligibility of age must be available upon request.
- Players may only play on one team in a tournament.
- Gate admission
- Each team will be provided with three (3) coaches passes. It will be the manager’s responsibility to distribute these passes as he sees fit.
- Gate fees will be $6.00 per day or $20.00 tournament pass.
- Kids 12 under will be free.
- Food/Beverages
- Concessions will be open 1 hour before the first game.
- NO coolers will be allowed in the park.
- NO alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the park.
- Tournament Format
- Each age group will have their own format depending on the number of teams that have entered for that age.
- There will be a 4 game guarantee for each team.
- Tournament directors reserve the right to alter or change the tournament format, only if necessary, to ensure the completion of the tournament.
- This tournament is designed for any recreational team. No select teams will be allowed.
- General Rules
- Game length
- Ages 8 and Under
- Each game will consist of 6 innings or no new inning will start after 60 minutes.
- Ages 8 and Under
- ages 9-12
- Each game will consist of 6 innings or no new inning will start after 90 minutes.
- Game length
- Run Rule
- Ages 8 and under will be a maximum of 7 runs per inning.
- There will be no run limit per inning for ages 9-12.
- Mercy Rule
- For ages 8 and under you will have to be mathematically eliminated
- For ages 9-12 the run rule will be 15 runs after 3 complete innings or 8 runs after each completed inning thereafter.
- Bat Rule
- All bats must have the USSSA 1.15 BPF
- Coaches should resolve any questions on bat concerns prior to first pitch of the game.
- Penalty for illegal bats
- 1stoffense
- Out recorded for the batter who used the illegal bat. All runners must return to previous base prior to the current batter.
- 2ndoffense
- Penalties for first offense plus the Head Coach and player will be ejected.
- 1stoffense
- All bats must have the USSSA 1.15 BPF
- Lineup Rules
- All lineups shall be exchanged before the first pitch of the game with the starting catcher marked. For ages 9 and up the starting pitcher must also be marked.
- CBO (continues batting order) may be used. This must be marked before the start of the game.
- If CBO is used, all players with the exception of the pitcher may enter and leave the game at will on defense.
- A starting pitcher may re-enter the game one time during the duration of the game.
- A substitute may not re-enter the game as a pitcher.
- A team may bat only nine with all other players marked as substitutes.
- If this is the case all starting players may re-enter the game one time. There is not free substation on this scenario.
- Pitching Rules
- Each pitcher has 13 innings per tournament.
- After 3+ innings pitched, that pitcher is deemed ineligible to pitch for 36 hours from the time he leaves the mound.
- Innings pitched will be calculated by outs recorded (1/3, 2/3, 1).
- The home team is responsible for completing a pitching log and turning it in to the home plate umpire. The pitching log needs to be signed by both coaches.
- Courtesy Runner
- Courtesy runner maybe used for the catcher and pitcher (9and up only) with less than 2 outs.
- The courtesy runner must be the last batted out if using a CBO or a substitute that is not currently in the game.
- If there are 2 outs then you must use a courtesy runner for the catcher.
- Courtesy runner maybe used for the catcher and pitcher (9and up only) with less than 2 outs.
- Determining Tie Breakers
- Wins/Loses
- Head to Head
- Runs Allowed
- Run Differential
- Coin Flip
- Determining Home Team
- Bracket play the home team will be the higher seed.
- In pool play there will be a coin toss to determine the home team.
- Home team is the official score book and must sit in the score box.
- Visitors must run the score board.
- Any rules not covered in the general form or any the age specific will refer to the major league rule book.