*Players must be at least 18 years of age OR 15 years of age with signed parental consent.

*Games are 6 innings.

*Please be ready to play 20 minutes prior to your game time.  We will be battling daylight at the end of the day on Saturday and if the possibility of getting ahead of schedule occurs it will only help ensure the 3PM games get completed with no daylight issues.

*Traffic cones will be used to designate bases, pitching area, and foul lines.

*We will use 12" yellow softballs for both men and women. 

*Mercy rule is 15 after 4 innings and 12 after 5 innings.

*You cannot bat more than two players of the same sex in a row, this includes rolling from the bottom to top of your line up.

*This is a one pitch tournament with no foul to waste.

*Teams pitch to their own players. You can select anybody to pitch to your team, including players from other teams that are just standing around.  Just be aware when selecting your pitcher(s) you have to swing at everything.

*Batters must swing at everything, there are no walks.

* No bunting.   If a batter bunts, they are out.

*Wood bats only.  Bats are provided and the only ones that can be used.

*Teams may use courtesy runners for injured players AND for their pitchers.   The last out of the same sex would be the courtesy runner.     The idea is not to simply replace slower runners with faster runners, it's to avoid a serious injury concern.   Please declare players wanting a courtesy runner before the game.     Anyone reaching base that is pitching or needs to pitch may have a courtesy runner, again it's the last out of the same sex.

*10 person line-up consisting of at least 4 women.

*No EH’s.

*If a team does play short a female, they have an automatic out in their place in the line up.  If they are short a male, there is no automatic out in the line up.

*Teams in the field have a fielder in the pitching area.

*When pitching to your own players you do not field any balls.

*If a pitcher catches a line drive in the act of protecting him/herself the batter is out and the ball is dead.  Runners cannot advance and cannot be doubled off in this instance.

*Teams will play at full strength for the first inning of extra innings.  In the 2nd inning of extra innings teams will remove two men from the field.  All subsequent extra innings will involve teams removing one male and one female. All batters will remain in the line up, the players removed are only removed from the field.   Once a player is removed from the field in extra innings they may NOT reenter for defensive purposes.  If a team borrows players, those players must be the first of their sex removed.

 *Standard re-entry rule is in place.

*Teams may borrow up to two players (but not two men) from other teams for their games if they are shorthanded.   While the hope is all teams will bring enough players for their team, this is a charity event and we do not want to lose entry fees because teams are short of players.   Teams must use their own players before picking up from other teams, the idea is not to load up with ringers from other teams to make your team stronger!  If a game goes extra innings, the borrowed players must be the first of their sex removed accordingly from the field following our extra inning guidelines.  So we are clear teams may borrow a guy or a girl, or two girls or a guy and a girl.......under no circumstances can they borrow two guys for a game.

*Metal spikes are not allowed, exceptions will not be made.

*These games are played on school grounds, therefore alcohol is prohibited.   Anyone seen with alcohol will be told to throw it away and is subject for removal from the property.   This is expected by the school board to be strongly enforced on our part and we must comply with it.

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