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All play shall be governed by the 2022 National Federation of State High School
Association's (NFHS) Official Regulations and
Playing Rules for
play, unless otherwise amended under the following "Rules of
Play" listed below:
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NORTHEAST
SELECT BASEBALL PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT "RULES OF PLAY" |
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GOVERNING BODY |
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The Tournament Committee has set forth the "Rules of Play"
and will be the sole judge of rule disputes. During the
course of each game, the umpire-in-chief shall have absolute
discretion for rule interpretations and judgment calls. We
strongly enforce the principal that disputes with umpires
over calls of balls or strikes, fair or foul, and out or
safe are impermissible. Only the Team Manager may calmly
speak with the umpire, and, even then, it should be limited
to rule interpretations and/or clarifications. Any serious
disputes about rule interpretations, that are not settled
through a brief and civil discussion with the
umpire-in-chief, can be considered "on-the-spot" by the
Tournament Director, if a proper protest is made to the
Tournament Director prior to the next pitch being delivered. |
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT |
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Upon conclusion of the round-robin games, the team
with the best winning percentage (see note 1 below) in each pool will advance to
the single-elimination playoff round, which will commence on
Friday at 5:30PM. |
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In cases where there is a tie in winning percentages, ties
will be broken in the following order: |
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TB-1: head-to-head
competition winner; |
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TB-2: total sum of runs allowed
during round-robin games; |
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TB-3: run
differential during round-robin games, with run differential limited
to a maximum of 10 per game. |
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TB-4: coin
flip. |
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Note
1: in calculating winning percentage, a tie shall count
as one point and a win as two points. Winning percentage
shall be the total number of points earned divided by the
total number of points possible. |
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Note 2: In the case of ties among three or more teams, the
tie-breaking criteria will be used in order until a team, or
teams, is separated from the pack. At that point, the
process will begin anew to break the “new” tie. In other
words, when a three-way tie becomes a two-way tie, the
two-way tie is treated as a “new” tie and the process begins
with the first criterion. |
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3. |
PLAYERS |
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Only players listed on the Team Roster, supplied to the
Tournament Director, may participate in a game. Teams must
report any roster changes to the Tournament Director no
later than 1-hour prior to their first scheduled game...any
roster change requests within an hour of the team's first
schedule game or after the team's game commences will not be
permitted under any circumstances. |
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All games must be started
with at least 9 players. Once the game has commenced, a
team may continue to play and finish with 8 players. The
player who leaves the game cannot return. Any team not on
the field and prepared to start at the scheduled game time
will cause an immediate forfeit. |
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4. |
LENGTH OF GAMES |
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A. |
Games will consist of 7 innings, unless amended below. |
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B. |
A
2-hour time limit will apply to
Round-robin and Semi-final games....meaning, no new inning may begin more than
2-hours after the start of the game. The umpire(s)
are responsible for enforcing the time limit. Prior to
the game's first pitch, the Site Supervisor will communicate the time
on his/her watch or cell phone and ask that it be recorded
on each Manager's scorebook. The Site Supervisor will strictly
adhere to the time limit...meaning, if the final out in inning
occurs at the 2-hour and 1-minute mark, no new inning may
begin and the game is declared over. Please
understand, we limit game times as a courtesy to teams
playing later in the day...with a full schedule on Wednesday,
Thursday
and Friday, we have limited time to compensate for delays
and don't want teams arriving at the fields to discover the
games are
significantly behind schedule. Also, we institute the time
limit for all
round-robin games, so all rules are applied equally to all
games.
Note: All games shall be terminated after the 2-hour
and 20-minute mark. If this happens during an inning in
progress, the score at the last fully completed inning shall
be the official final score. |
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C. |
Round-robin games tied after 7 innings or after the time
limit will be recorded as a tie.
All Semi-final games tied after the time limit will revert
back to the previous full ining(s) until the tie is broken
(i.e.: works backwards.....7th inning, 6th inning, 5th
inning, etc.). If the teams still remain tie all the way
back to the 1st inning, then extra innings shall be played
until a winner is determined.
All Championship games will be played to conclusion (i.e.:
tied Semi-final and Championship games will proceed to extra
innings). |
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D. |
Teams must be ready to begin games on time, even if
that means there is no time for warm-ups on
the field. If time permits, teams
will be permitted a 10-minute on-field warm-up prior to the
start of the game. |
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E. |
Mercy Rule: 15 runs after 3 innings, 12 runs after 4
innings, 9 runs after 5 innings. |
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5. |
BATTING ORDER |
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A. |
Teams are permitted to list
any number of players in the batting order (minmum of 9, or,
8 if that's all the players available once the game
commences). |
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B. |
Teams may only DH for a pitcher. |
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C. |
If a team chooses to substitute players in the batting
order, re-entry is permitted only if re-entered into the
same batting position. |
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D. |
Courtesy runners are permitted for all pitchers and/or
catchers. |
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6. |
BAT SPECIFICATIONS |
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A. |
Wood
bats only: Bats shall be not more than
2-and-3/4 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more
than 42 inches in length. Composite
bats cannot contain any metal materials. . |
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B. |
Cupped Bats. An indentation in the end of the bat up to one
inch in depth is permitted and may be no wider than two
inches and no less than one inch in diameter. The
indentation must be curved with no foreign substance added. |
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C. |
The bat
handle, for not more than 18 inches from its end, may be
covered or treated with any material or substance to improve
the grip. Any such material or substance, which extends past
the 18 inch limitation, shall cause the bat to be removed
from the game. Please note, if the umpire discovers that the
bat does not conform and has been used in play, it shall not
be grounds for declaring the batter out, or ejected from the
game. |
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7. |
AVOIDING CONTACT |
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Baserunners
must slide feet or head first into a base or avoid contact
on plays if the defensive player has a "tag" play on the
runner. If a base runner elects not to slide and no contact
is made between the base runner and the defensive player,
this is considered avoiding the defensive player, even if
there is a play on the runner. This call is at the umpire’s
discretion. If contact is determined by the umpire to
intentional and/or malicious, the player may be ejected for
the remainder of the game. |
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8. |
EJECTIONS
(hopefully, we will not have to implement this
rule) |
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Any
participant (player, coach, spectator, etc.) ejected from a
game shall have the circumstances of his/her ejection
reviewed by the Tournament Director, Site Supervisor, and
Chief Umpire. A decision will then be made what additional
penalty, if any, shall be applied to that individual(s). The
additional penalty may include suspension from a subsequent
game(s) or suspension from the Tournament all together. |
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9. |
GAME BALLS |
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Each team
shall be prepared to furnish a minimum of 3 game balls per
game ("Home" team does not necessarily supply all the
balls). |
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