2010 GHLL TOURNAMENT PLAYING RULES

The Official Little League Baseball Playing Rules and Gig Harbor Little League Regular Season Local Rules shall govern tournament play except as noted below:

1. FIELDS: All AA game fields are considered neutral. The home team shall be determined by the toss of a coin, the winner having the choice.

For MAJORS and AAA the Home team is decided by lowest seeded team (example: Seed #3 is home team over Seed #4).

2. FORFEITS: No game may be forfeited or a team disqualified without the authorization of the Tournament Director.

3. PITCHING RULES –

a. Any player on a tournament team may pitch. (NOTE: There is no limit to the number of pitchers a team may use in a game.)

b. The manager must remove the pitcher when said pitcher reaches the limit for his/her age group as noted below, but the pitcher may remain in the game at another position:

Ages 11-12 85 pitches per day

Ages 9-10 75 pitches per day

Ages 7-8 50 pitches per day

NOTE: A pitcher who delivers over 40 pitches in a game cannot play the position of catcher for the remainder of that day.

Exception: If a pitcher reaches the limit imposed for his/her league age while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until that batter reaches base or is put out.

Note 1. If the pitcher reaches the limit imposed on his/her last pitch to a particular batter, the pitcher must be removed before delivering a pitch to the next batter.

Note 2. The GHLL City Tournament is an extension of the regular season. Therefore pitchers are required to have the proper days of rest between their last regular season game and the start of the tournament.

c. Pitchers league age 12 and under must adhere to the following rest requirements:

• If a player pitches 66 or more pitches in a day, four (4) calendar days of rest must be observed.

• If a player pitches 51 - 65 pitches in a day, three (3) calendar days of rest must be observed.

• If a player pitches 36 - 50 pitches in a day, two (2) calendar days of rest must be observed.

• If a player pitches 21 - 35 pitches in a day, one (1) calendar day of rest must be observed.

• If a player pitches 1 - 20 pitches in a day, no calendar day of rest is required.

4. GAME TIME LIMITS: No new inning shall start after two (2) hours. Drop Dead Rule in effect for ALL games at 2 hours 10 minutes. Example: Visitors take the lead in their half the inning, at 2 hour 10 minute point the Home team has not finished their half of the inning, the score reverts back to the last completed inning. If at that point it is still a tie, then you revert back to last completed inning that had a team with the lead. If this does not break the tie then it will be suspended at that time and rescheduled. The game will resume at exactly the place it left off.

If a game must go into extra innings within the time limit, each team must start the inning with the last player making an out in the previous inning on 2^nd base and play until a winner is determined given the time limits published.

Championship games will have no time limit.

5. SCORING LIMITS: No per inning scoring limit in the Majors. In AA & AAA and Girls Minors Softball, the side retires when there are three outs, or when five (5) runs score, whichever comes first. Maximum of 5 runs per inning, no continuation of runs are allowed. 10 run rule in effect after 4 innings for all levels. 6 run rule in effect after 5 innings for AA & AAA and Girls Minors Softball only.

6. REPLAYING GAMES: No tournament game may be replayed without specific approval from the Tournament Director.

7. UNAUTHORIZED AGREEMENTS: No agreements shall be made between managers and/or Tournament Director and/or umpires contrary to Tournament Rules.