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2 Coaches, Parents, Fans, and Players, Welcome to the 2016 In The Zone Baseball Club Wood Bat Tournaments! We are appreciative of the fact that you have decided to participate in our 7th annual series of tournaments. All of our tournaments look to be composed of very strong teams, which should lead to some competitive, quality baseball. We are asking for your assistance in a number of areas during our events this year. First, we ask that you stress the value of sportsmanship and respect to your players and demand that they display these values in all interactions with their opponents, the game officials, and the fans throughout the weekend. Secondly, we ask for your assistance in retrieving and returning any foul balls hit on your side of the field. Finally, we ask for your cooperation in making sure that your dugout is completely clean of any and all trash prior to your exiting it following your game, and we ask that all trash, both from the dugout and around the game facility, be placed in the proper receptacles. This will help us to keep games on schedule and help us to maintain a positive relationship with our field providers. We will need all head coaches to their cell phone numbers to Al@itzbaseball.org, as text message will be our primary means of communication throughout the weekend Scores are to be reported by the winning team to the site supervisor present at each field. Updated standings and schedules can be found here: We d like to thank you for choosing to spend your weekend with us. We hope you re experience in Newport County is one you won t soon forget. Lastly, if there are any questions that arise throughout the weekend, please do not hesitate to seek us out. Good luck to your team in this year s tournament! Best Regards, Ron Westmoreland Alex Greer

3 2016 Rule Guide HOME AND AWAY TEAMS DECIDED BY COIN TOSS PRIOR TO EACH GAME. NO PRE-GAME INFIELD/OUTFIELD ALLOWED ON THE GAME FIELD. EACH TEAM MUST SUPPLY BASEBALLS FOR EACH GAMEWITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLAYOFF ROUNDS. ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ACCORDING TO AMERICAN LEAGUE RULES,EXCEPT AS LISTED BELOW. ONLY ONE PIECE, SOLID WOOD BATS SHALL BE PERMITTED. NO COMPOSITE OR BAMBOO BATS ARE PERMITTED. IF A BATTER TAKES A POSITION IN THE BATTERS BOX WITH AN ILLEGAL BAT, HE WILL IMMEDIATELY BE CALLED OUT UPON PROTEST OF THE OPPOSING TEAM AND CONFIRMATION BY THE UMPIRE AND/OR SITE DIRECTOR THAT THE BAT IS ILLEGAL. ALL GAMES WILL BE 2 HR. TIME LIMIT. NO NEW INNING MAY START AFTER LIMIT IS REACHED. IF THE TIME LIMIT IS REACHED WITH THE HOME TEAM AHEAD AND BATTING, THE GAME SHALL BE ENDED. GAMES MAY END IN A TIE BUT IF THERE IS TIME REMAINING, EXTRA INNINGS WILL BE PLAYED. ALL GAMES PLAYED TO THE TIME LIMIT WILL BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL GAMES NO MATTER HOW MANY INNINGS HAVE BEEN PLAYED. THERE WILL BE NO TIME LIMIT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. RUN RULES: 15 RUNS AFTER 3 INNINGS; 12 RUNS AFTER 4 INNINGS; 8 RUNS AFTER 5 INNINGS. THE HOME TEAM WILL NOT BAT ONCE THE RUN RULE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED, IF AHEAD.

4 THE BATTING ORDER MUST CONSIST OF AT LEAST 9 PLAYERS. TEAMS CAN USE AN EH AND A DH IN THE SAME LINE-UP. TEAMS ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF USING AS MANY EH S AS THEY WANT. IF A PLAYER IS INJURED WHILE USING A CONTINUOUS BATTING ORDER AND THAT PLAYER S SPOT IN THE BATTING ORDER COMES UP, AN OUT IS RECORDED AND THEN THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THE BATTING ORDER. A TEAM MUST START A GAME WITH 9 PLAYERS BUT CAN FINISH WITH 8 PLAYERS. STARTERS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED AND RE-ENTER THE GAME ONE TIME, HOWEVER THEY MUST RE-ENTER IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE BATTING ORDER. SUBSTITUTES MAY NOT RE-ENTER THE GAME. BOTH THE SUBSTITUTION AND RE-ENTRY CAN BE MADE ON OFFENSE OR DEFENSE. THE USE OF A COURTESY RUNNER IS ONLY PERMITTED (NOT MANDATORY) FOR THE CATCHER. THE COURTESY RUNNER MUST BE A PLAYER WHO IS NOT OTHERWISE IN THE GAME (INCLUDING EH s). MUST SLIDE RULE IS IN EFFECT. ANY PLAYER IS OUT WHEN THE RUNNER DOES NOT SLIDE WHEN THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER HAS THE BALL AND IS WAITING TO MAKE A TAG. ALL PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO AVOID VIOLENT CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PLAYER WHILE RUNNING THE BASES. FORCE PLAY SLIDE RULE IS ALSO IN EFFECT. PLAYERS RUNNING TO SECOND-BASE MUST SLIDE DIRECTLY INTO THE BASE. IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE UMPIRE, THE RUNNER DOES NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO AVOID COLLISION, HE IS TO BE DECLARED OUT. IF THE ACT IS DEEMED BY THE UMPIRE TO BE MALICIOUS, THE RUNNER WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE GAME. COACHES WHO ARE EJECTED WILL BE BANNED FOR THE GAME IN WHICH THEY WERE EJECTED ONLY. A COACH WHO IS EJECTED IN TWO SEPARATE GAMES WILL BE BANNED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT.

5 ANY PLAYER WHO IS EJECTED FROM A GAME WILL BE BANNED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT. TIES WILL BE BROKEN AS FOLLOWS: 1.) HEAD TO HEAD, IF APPLICABLE (in 3-team ties, head-to-head is only applicable if one team beat both of the other tied teams); 2.) IF HEAD TO HEAD IS NOT APPLICABLE, THE LEAST AVERAGE RUNS ALLOWED PER GAME IN TOURNAMENT; 3.) IF HEAD TO HEAD IS NOT APPLICABLE, THE AVERAGE RUN DIFFERENTIAL PER GAME IN TOURNAMENT; 4.) DRAW Teams will be reseeded for playoffs based on the above tie breakers IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT INTERFERES WITH THE TOURNAMENT, THE DIRECTORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE AND/OR REDUCE THE SCHEDULE AS NECESSARY.

6 15u ITZ Wood Bat Classic SCHEDULE - Friday July 8, 2016 TIME TEAM 1 TEAM 2 LOCATION RESULT 5:00 pm Plympton Crush Newport Jr Gulls Portsmouth High School 5:00 pm Ocean St Jr Waves Nokona Baseball Gaudet Middle School 5:00 pm RI Bombers GBC Hawks Black Stoico FirstFed YMCA SCHEDULE - Saturday July 9, 2016 TIME TEAM 1 TEAM 2 LOCATION RESULT 9:00 am Baseball Unlimited Tigers Berkshire Braves Portsmouth High School 9:00 am CT Clippers Nor'Easters Gaudet Middle School 9:00 am Dugout Dawgs NE Stampede Stoico FirstFed YMCA 11:30 am Baseball Unlimited Tigers Newport Jr Gulls Portsmouth High School 11:30 am CT Clippers Ocean St Jr Waves Gaudet Middle School 11:30 am RI Bombers Dugout Dawgs Stoico FirstFed YMCA 2:00 pm Berkshire Braves Plympton Crush Portsmouth High School 2:00 pm Nokona Baseball Nor'Easters Gaudet Middle School 2:00 pm GBC Hawks Black NE Stampede Stoico FirstFed YMCA SCHEDULE - Sunday July 10, 2016 TIME TEAM 1 TEAM 2 LOCATION RESULT 9:00 am Newport Jr Gulls Berkshire Braves Portsmouth High School 9:00 am Nokona Baseball CT Clippers Gaudet Middle School 9:00 am RI Bombers NE Stampede Stoico FirstFed YMCA 11:30 am Plympton Crush Baseball Unlimited Tigers Portsmouth High School 11:30 am Nor'Easters Ocean St Jr Waves Gaudet Middle School 11:30 am Dugout Dawgs GBC Hawks Black Stoico FirstFed YMCA 2:30 pm Seed #1 (Pool Winner) Seed #4 (Wild Card) Portsmouth High School 2:30pm Seed #2 (Pool Winner) Seed #3 (Pool Winner) Gaudet Middle School 5:15 pm Winner Semi Final #1 Winner Semi Final #2 Portsmouth High School