Tournament Rules and Dates
Rules for tournament sites:
Ball Park Sports (Team Exposure) (Herb Forkenbrock)
Illinois Sparks Benny Newsome (scroll down and click on tournament rules)
Tournament Sites:
Diamond Sports (High School Age)
Bat Rules for Diamond Sports High School Division:
For the 2010-11 academic school year the following types of bats will be legal:
- Any aluminum BESR baseball bat
- Any aluminum barrel BESR baseball bat
- Any BESR non-hollow (filled core) composite bat
- Select approved composite BESR baseball bats that can be found on the NFHS website
- Any solid (one-piece) wood baseball bat
- Any aluminum or composite BBCOR baseball bat (The only bat good for 2012 and beyond)
Here is a link to the bats: http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=4155
Here is a list of illegal bats: http://www.ihsa.org/activity/ba/2010-11/Illegal_Composite_Bats.pdf
Homewood HIT Tournament Rules
Tournament Guidelines
Playing rules will be governed by Official Babe Ruth Cal Ripken League Rules 2010 Edition, except as specifically modified in these tournament regulations. Use of this rulebook is not meant to imply a tournament sanction by Babe Ruth or Cal Ripken Leagues. This is an independent tournament operated by Homewood Baseball leagues, Inc.
Equipment
All players must wear an athletic supporter and cup. All players must wear batting helmets when batting, in the on deck circle, or on the bases. Helmets must remain on the player until they have reached the dugout. Homewood Baseball leagues, Inc., will supply all baseballs. All bats must conform to Cal Ripken or Rookie League Rules (NO MORE THAN 33 INCHES IN LENGTH, NOR HAVE A BAT BARREL IN EXCESS OF 2 1/4 INCHES). No metal cleats.
Pre Game Information
Teams should arrive at the park at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled game. Please ask for the official line-up cards provided by Homewood Baseball. These official line-up cards are used for our scorekeepers to announce all players, coaches, and managers prior to start of the game.
15 minutes prior to the game, official line-ups should be submitted to the official scorer and exchanged with the opposing team.
A coin flip will be conducted between the managers to determine home and visiting teams. Home teams will always occupy the third base dugout and the visiting teams will always occupy the first base dugout. The coin flip can take place once both managers are present.
We will announce each team from the dugout before each game, and then proceed with the games. The National Anthem will be played prior to the first game of the day and additionally through-out the day at the discretion of the tournament staff.
The warm-up prior to the game will be done in the outfield grass. No infield practice will be allowed.
No batting practice or soft toss with baseball’s allowed on any of the fields (wiffle balls allowed outfield only).
Pitching/Base Distances
Pitching mounds will be 35 feet for 7 year olds, 40 feet for 8 year olds and 46 feet for 9, 10, 11 and 12 year olds. 60-foot bases will be used for all ages in all tournaments.
Ground Rules
The umpires and managers of each team will cover ground rules before each game.
10 run slaughter rule applies in all games. The game must be official (four innings) and the team trailing must have had as many innings at bat as the prevailing team.
All games must be completed by the local curfew. No inning shall begin unless in the judgment of the umpire and tournament officials, the entire inning can be completed within the local curfew rules.
If a game is stopped for any reason (curfew, weather, power failure, etc.) it will be suspended and picked up from that point. The game will be rescheduled by the Tournament Director ASAP.
Dome Rule: If a batted ball hits trees, bushes or wires the following are enforced:
a) Once a ball strikes an obstruction, it shall be ruled dead.
b) If the ball would have been ruled foul by the umpire, the batter will be given a strike.
c) If the ball would have been ruled fair, the umpire shall rule no pitch. The count does not change.
d) If the batted ball would have been ruled a home run or clears the outfield fence, the batter is awarded a home run.
Players must slide at all bases on a close plays; they also must avoid contact on the base paths. If, in the judgment of the umpire, a player maliciously forces contact on a play he will be called out and ejected from the game.
If the catcher or pitcher (optional) of the next inning is on base with 2 outs he must be removed for a pinch runner. The player who made the last out will be the runner unless it is a catcher or pitcher (optional) of the next inning, then it would be the next previous out. The players removed must catch or pitch to one official batter.
Dropped third strike does not apply.
No balks will be called.
No lead offs are permitted. Ball must cross the plate before the runner can leave. One warning will be given per team, after the warning the runner will be called out.
Stealing is permitted in the 9U, 10U, 11U and 12U divisions only. No stealing is allowed in the 7 and 8 year old divisions.
Bunting permitted in the 9U, 10U,11U and 12U divisions only. No bunting is allowed in the 7 and 8 year old divisions.
Infield fly rule applies in the 9U, 10U, 11U and 12U divisions only. No infield fly will be called in the 7 and 8 year old divisions.
California Rule will apply in all games that end regulation tied. Each batter will come to the plate with a 2-1 count; the last official batter the previous inning will be put at third base.
Jewelry or medals cannot be worn by any player during a game.
Pitching
Pitchers are limited to 6 innings every 2 consecutive games throughout the tournament (“rolling 6”). This includes rescheduled games. Examples: A pitcher may pitch 3 innings in every game played during the tournament. The total number of innings pitched over any 2 consecutive games cannot total more than 6 innings. If a pitcher throws all 6 innings in the first game they are not eligible to pitch in the next game.
An inning pitched will start with a legal pitch delivered to a batter.
Pitchers removed from the game cannot pitch again in that game.
A pitcher must be removed on the 2nd visit to the mound by the manager or coach in an inning or the 3rd visit during the game. A manager or coach crossing the field lines constitutes a visit (including during warm-up).
A pitcher who hits 3 batters in one game must be removed from the mound.
No pitcher will be allowed to wear a white or gray sleeved shirt, white glove, or a glove with white piping while pitching. Multi-colored gloves are not permitted. In addition no pitcher will be allowed any foreign articles ( i.e. sweat bands, tape, batting gloves, etc.) on either arm or hand while pitching.
Conduct
Managers will be held responsible for the behavior of their fans. The umpire or tournament official in the event of disruptive fan behavior will give one warning. If the behavior persists, ejections and forfeiture of the game may occur. If ejected, the person or persons must leave the park immediately AND NOT RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
Use of profanity, throwing of equipment or physical acts against the umpires or the opposing team and fans will lead to automatic ejection. Once a manager, coach or player is ejected from the game, they must leave the park immediately and they may not return that day.
Coaching
All coaches must coach from the dug out or from within the fenced playing area. Coaches are not permitted to coach from the stands or outside the dugout. A maximum of two coaches may be on the field while their team is at bat and must coach from the designated 1st or 3rd base coaches box. At all other times, all coaches must remain in the dugout, behind the dug out fence and MAY NOT be in the field of play. Coaches refusing to follow this rule will be ejected from the game.
Additional Tournament Rules
A continuous batting order of all rostered players, minimum of 11, maximum of 15, will be followed. All members on the official roster that are present at the game must bat in the continuous batting order. If less than 11 players are available for any reason, an automatic out will be taken for each player missing when their turn at bat comes up. If a player is ejected from a game, an automatic out will be taken when the player’s turn at bat comes up. If an injury or sickness occurs during a game an out will not be enforced, this will be determined by both managers and Tournament Director on duty.
All players rostered and present must play a minimum of two defensive innings (six outs) within the first four innings of each game.
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