Outlaws Summer Blast 2016 Turnament Baseball Rules Turnament Directrs fr Baseball: Dave TerBeek (616) 437-0253 Mike Light (616) 560-8161 *West Michigan Outlaws turnament management will make every effrt t treat all teams will fairness. If questins r disputes arise abut plicies and prcedures, caches shall bring them t the attentin f the turnament directrs t be dealt with. Any interpretatin and decisin f the turnament directrs shall be final. BAT: MHSSA RULES WILL BE AHERED TO, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: 8u-14u age divisins will use either USSSA apprved 1.15 BPF r BBCOR bats. 15u, 16u and 17u- BBCOR nly. N exceptins are allwed GAME AND TIMES: All games will have 1 hur and 45 minute time limit. N new inning will start after this time limit. Champinship games will nt have time limits. Mercy rules will be in effect fr Champinship
games. Games will be seven innings fr 12U and up (if time allws) and six innings fr 8U- 11U. 8U will be kid pitch with 9 fielding psitins. N walks. Cach cmes in and finishes the batter after ball 4. Three strikes will cnstitute an ut. 8U and 9U will nt be allwed t advance n a drpped third strike. All ther age levels will play drpped third strike Any player, cach r fan ejected frm a game must leave the facility fr the remainder f that game. N exceptins. Umpires and the Turnament Directrs have the discretin t remve any player, cach r fan frm the facility fr any length f time deemed apprpriate fr miscnduct. Umpires will hear cncerns frm head caches nly. DUGOUTS Hme teams will be determined by a cin flip except in seed play where the higher seed will be the hme team Dugut selectin will be n a first cme first-serve basis. LEADING OFF AND STEALING: 8U: N leading ff. Base-runners can t leave base until ball crsses the plate. Stealing is allwed when a kid is pitching. One base per pitch maximum. N stealing hme at any time. Base-runner that starts n 3 rd base fr that pitch must be batted in r frced in n a hit by kid pitch with bases laded in rder t cme hme. 9U: N leading ff. Stealing is allwed nce the ball crsses the plate All ther age levels will be allwed t lead ff and steal MERCY RULE AND TIES: Mercy rule is as fllws: 12 runs after 3 innings; 10 runs after 4 innings; 8 runs after 5 innings Champinship Games will utilize the mercy rule Ties will nt be played ut nce time has expired. If a game is tied after time the alltted number f innings, and assuming that time still remains, internatinal extra innings rules will apply. The last player t recrd an ut f any kind will be placed n secnd base with ne ut. The same situatin will apply fr bth teams fr the remainder f the game until time expires r the tie is brken. STANDINGS FOR SEED PLAY: T determine standings, the fllwing rules will apply in the fllwing rder: Recrd Runs Allwed Runs Scred Cin Flip with the team traveling the furthest distance frm the facility calling the flip.
BATTING ORDER RULES: MHSAA pitcher/catcher curtesy runners will be allwed fr all aged levels 9U and abve. The curtesy runner must be the last batted ut. Rcket Rule batting (batting a cntinuus lineup with free substitutins) is allwed as lng as stated by the Head Cach prir t the start f the cntest. Once adpted, this rder cannt be altered fr the duratin f the game. If a player is injured and unable t bat, that player will nt be cunted as an ut, but will nt be able t return t the lineup fr any reasn fr the remainder f the cntest. All ther batting rder adptins must cnfrm t MHSAA rules PITCHING RULES: There will be n pitching restrictins fr this turnament. The West Michigan Outlaws encurage all caches t be practive in prtecting the health and wellbeing f their players. This includes prperly managing age apprpriate and player apprpriate pitch cunts. Balk warnings will be issued (ne per pitcher per game) fr 8U- 11U. 12U-13U will be allwed ne balk warning per game per team. 14U and up will nt be issued warnings fr balks. SCORE SHEETS: Winning teams must sign a screcard given by the umpire and winning cach will turn in the card t the registratin table at the West Cmplex n later than 15 minutes after the cnclusin f the last game f the day. The screcards must be signed by the cach and the umpire and must include the final scre and innings played. Failure t turn in a screcard will result in a lss fr each the team. 8U-11U will have ne umpire 12U and up will have tw umpires 1 umpire in champinship games fr 8U and 9U. Champinship games fr 10U-17U will have tw umpires WEATHER AND ACTS OF NATURE: Games may be shrtened if weather cnditins dictate. Game cancelatins will be apprved by the turnament directr. There will be n refunds fr games lst due t weather r ther acts f nature. FIELD DIMENSIONS: -- 8U 40/60 --9U-10U 46/60 --11U 50/65 --12U 50/70 --13U 54/80 --14U and up 60/90 *Every effrt will be made t make sure base distances, pitching distances, and field dimensins are
accurate. Because we use many different public facilities, dimensins are smetimes slightly ff. S as lng as the field dimensins are reasnable and the same fr bth teams, play shall nt be stpped t reinstall bases r pitching rubbers. ROSTERS: All caches must be ready t present rsters and Birth Certificates upn registratin and at any time during turnament play. Outlaws Summer Blast 2016 Turnament Sftball Rules Sftball Turnament Directr Dennis Richmnd (616) 821-6681 *West Michigan Outlaws turnament management will make every effrt t treat all teams will fairness. If questins r disputes arise abut plicies and prcedures, caches shall bring them t the attentin f the turnament directr t be dealt with. Any interpretatin and decisin f the turnament directr shall be final. MHSSA RULES WILL BE AHERED TO, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: GAME AND TIMES: All games will have an hur and 15 minute time limit. N new inning will start after this time limit. Champinship games will nt have time limits. Mercy rules will be in effect fr Champinship games. Games will be six innings in length. Any player, cach r fan ejected frm a game must leave the facility fr the remainder f that game. N exceptins. Umpires and the Turnament Directr have the discretin t remve any player, cach r fan frm the facility fr any length f time deemed apprpriate fr miscnduct. Umpires will hear cncerns frm head caches nly. MERCY RULE AND TIES: Mercy rule is as fllws: 12 runs after 3 innings; 10 runs after 4 innings; 8 runs after 5 innings Champinship Games will utilize the mercy rule Ties will nt be played ut nce time has expired. If a game is tied after time the alltted number f innings, and assuming that time still remains, internatinal
extra innings rules will apply. The last player t recrd an ut f any kind will be placed n secnd base with ne ut. The same situatin will apply fr bth teams fr the remainder f the game until time expires r the tie is brken. STANDINGS FOR SEED PLAY: T determine standings, the fllwing rules will apply in the fllwing rder: Recrd Runs Allwed Runs Scred Cin Flip with the team traveling the furthest distance frm the facility calling the flip. BATTING ORDER RULES: MHSAA pitcher/catcher curtesy runners will be allwed. The curtesy runner must be the last batted ut. Rcket Rule batting (batting a cntinuus lineup with free substitutins) is allwed as lng as stated by the Head Cach prir t the start f the cntest. Once adpted, this rder cannt be altered fr the duratin f the game. If a player is injured and unable t bat, that player will nt be cunted as an ut, but will nt be able t return t the lineup fr any reasn fr the remainder f the cntest. All ther batting rder adptins must cnfrm t MHSAA rules DUGOUTS Hme teams will be determined by a cin flip. Dugut selectin will be n a first cme first serve basis. SCORE SHEETS: Bth teams must sign a screcard t be given t the umpire wh will turn in the card t the registratin table at the Gergetwn Cmplex n later than 15 minutes after the cnclusin f the last game f the day. The screcards must be signed by bth caches and the umpire and must include the final scre and innings played. Failure t turn in a screcard will result in a lss fr each team All champinship games will have 2 umpires. WEATHER AND ACTS OF NATURE: Games may be shrtened if weather cnditins dictate. Game cancelatins will be apprved by the turnament directr. There will be n refunds fr games lst due t weather r ther acts f nature.
ROSTERS: All caches must be ready t present rsters and Birth Certificates upn registratin and at any time during turnament play.