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RULES OF PLAY RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL DIVISIONS GAMES Game time is forfeit time - must be ready to play when called. To start a game, a minimum of 9 players on a team is required. If you have fewer than 9 players, you will be required to forfeit the game. If you have exactly 9 players, your line-up card must include a 10th batter slot, which will be an automatic out each time it comes up. If an eligible 10th player becomes available during the course of the game, that player must take the empty batter slot during the game. All batters will start with a 1-1 count in Round Robin Play only, and then 0-0 in Double Elimination Play The home team in each game will be determined by a coin toss. The home team must act as the official scorekeeper for the game. Line-up cards for each game must be completed in triplicate and given to the home plate umpire prior to the start of the game. There is no stealing allowed. Run rule in effect as follows: ROUND ROBIN PLAY No new inning after 50 minutes. All games can end in a tie. DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAY A random draw of teams with the same record will determine each team's seed according to the following record priority: 2-0-0, 1-0-1, 1-1-0, 0-0-2, 0-1-1, and 0-2-0. No new innings after 50 minutes. Tiebreaker rules apply after 50 minutes or 7 innings. All championship and semi-final games will be a full 7 innings, though the run rule will still apply. BATS & BASES Any bat used during the tournament must be ASA approved. All team's bats will be checked prior to the game and must be made available to the umpire in front of the dugout. The ASA non-approved and illegal bat rule will be in effect If there are two bags at first base, the ASA double bag rule is in effect. PROTESTS Judgement calls by the umpire cannot be protested. Protest of rules: PLAYER EJECTION If a player is ejected from a game, that player is ineligible to play in their team's next game. If that player does play in the next game, the team shall forfeit that game. RULES APPLICABLE TO OPEN DIVISIONS All team players shall properly wear numbered uniforms. Two (2) extra players are allowed in the batting line-up. Prior to the start of the game, up to two (2) players may be identified as requesting a courtesy runner. They must be identified on the line-up cards prior to the start of each game. Use of the courtesy runner is not mandatory, but if requested, the courtesy runner must enter the game prior to the next pitch. The courtesy runner will be the completed at bat unless it is in the first inning with no out, then it will be the last person in the line-up. A person designated as requesting a courtesy runner may have the courtesy runner every time up, even if they bat more than once in the same inning. A non-starting player may be designated as requesting a courtesy runner, in which case the above rules would take effect once the player enters the game. Home run limits are as follows: RULES APPLICABLE TO WOMEN'S DIVISIONS All rules pertaining to ASANA World Series Qualifying Tournaments will be strictly enforced. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: RULES APPLICABLE TO BOTH OPEN & WOMEN'S DIVISIONS |
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