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Rules

OYB’s - Blaine May Memorial Father’s Day Celebration Tournament Rules

OYB will follow USSSA Rule & Regulations with the following highlights and exceptions:

1. Home team will be the official scorekeeper in all tournament games.

2. Pre-game conference and coin flip between managers and umpires will take place 5 minutes prior to the start of the game.
a. For Pool Play games, Home/Visitor will be determined by the coin flip.
b. For Bracket games, the team with the highest seed will be the home team.
c. Dugout assignments are not based on home/visitor or seed.

3. Game balls will be provided by Olathe Youth Baseball.

4. No infield practice before the games. Teams may warm up on grass or in foul territory while infield is being prepared. No live batting practice is allowed on the field or in the complex at any time. Batting nets are allowed within the field confines prior to games.

5. Game length will be 6 innings

6. Time limit for all games is 1 hour and 45 minutes. Time begins at the 1st warm-up pitch. Time limit could change in case of tournament interruptions. All teams should be prepared to start their game up to 10 minutes early in case we are ahead of schedule. (This will help the tournament keep on time). Championship games will not have a time limit.

7. Run spreads for all games:
a. 6 inning games (9U-12U): 15 runs after 3 innings; 8 runs after 4 innings

8. Team manager may consult with the umpires; players, sponsors, fans and other coaches are to keep out of discussions.

9. OYB will be enforcing pitching limitations. Pitching limitations are as follows:
9U-12U
3 innings max in one day in order to pitch the next day
6 innings max in one day
8 innings max in a 3 day period
If a team is found to be in violation of the pitching limitations, they are subject of forfeiture of that game

10. All teams must bat their roster. Free substitution is allowed defensively.

11. Special Playing Rules – 9A Level
a. No runner may leave base until the pitcher has released the ball.
b. Base stealing is permitted (except for home).
c. On the pitch, runners may advance from 3rd base to home plate only on a batted ball, force (as a result of a walk, hits batsman) or players interference.
d. Batter is automatically out on a dropped third strike.
e. The infield fly rule will be in effect.
f. Base and pitching distances will be 46ft pitching and 65ft bases

12. Teams will be allowed to begin a game with 8 players. Teams that begin the game with 8 players will be required to take an automatic out when that spot in the line-up comes to bat.

13. Roster Batting will be required during the ENTIRE tournament. Due to OYB requiring roster batting, there are some additional rules that need to be clarified:

a. Injury:

Batter: If a batter cannot fulfill his time at bat due to injury or illness, that player will be eliminated from that entire game. His spot will be skipped in the batting order. Teams will not be required to take an automatic out UNTIL they drop below 9 players.

Runner: If a runner cannot continue his time on the bases, that player will be substituted under the Courtesy Runner rule for Roster Batting. He will not be allowed to participate in the remainder of the game. The line-up will compress when his spot comes to bat.

b. Ejections: A player ejection while roster batting will result in the team losing that player for the entire game. His spot in the batting order WILL be an automatic out.

14. Courtesy runner will be allowed for pitcher and catcher at any time. The courtesy runner will be designated as the last batted out. If the last batted out is unavailable (i.e. he is the catcher or pitcher), the designated runner will roll back until such time as a possible sub can be found.

15. Winner of pool play will be determined by won-loss record. If tied the following tiebreakers will be used.
i. If three or more teams are tied with the same record in a division, head-to-head may only be used if one team has defeated ALL other tied teams.
ii. Once a level of tie-breaker is used, we DO NOT revert back to any steps of the tie-breaking procedure. We will continue on down the list until all ties are broken.
a. Head to Head competition
b. Runs allowed per game
c. Runs differential (+/- of 8 runs per game)
d. USSSA Points

16. In case of a rain-shortened tournament, pool play games can be deemed official after 3 innings or play, (2 ½ innings of play with home team winning) or 60 minutes of elapsed game time. This policy will only be used through pool play.

17. No smoking is allowed within the complex.

18. Pool Play Games may end in ties. At time limit, we will finish the inning. If the game is still tied after the inning has been finished, the game will be declared a tie. If the game is tied after regulation and time limit has not expired, we will play one-inning using California Tie-breaker rules.
a. California Tie-breaker rules: Inning starts with last batted out on second and one out.

Contact

Olathe Youth Baseball
885 S. Parker St. 
Olathe, Kansas 66061

Phone: 913-393-9891
Email: [email protected]

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