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SNOWFLAKE/TAYLOR July 4th - 2011 SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
Men's
- Slow Pitch - Teams can register as an A or B team. Teams
will play a single seeding game within the division they
register for, for placement into a double elimination
tournament. Teams are required to give themselves a ranking
according to the division in which they usually participate (A,
B, C etc.). Teams that are organized just for this tournament
should use these guidelines for their team ranking: Use the
highest ranking of the best five players who play in the same
division. (Example: A team with 5 A Division players should
enter as an A Division team.) A team with 3 players that can
hit homeruns consistently should also be in the A Division. B
Division rosters will be reviewed to confirm their proper
placement in the tournament. The Recreation and Parks Department
shall have complete authority to change any inappropriate team
ranking. Teams and their members, in the judgment of the field
supervisors and umpires that sand-bag will be suspended from
tournament play for 3 years. Teams will be accepted (first come
first serve) until individual tournament limits have been
reached. Teams are guaranteed 3 games.
Women's
- Slow-pitch - Same as above except only 1 division.
Dates
– Friday – July 1st, Saturday – July 2nd;
and Monday – July 4th.
Times
- Games start Friday evening. Teams should be prepared to play
Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Entry Fee
- $225.00 per team payable to the Snowflake/Taylor Recreation
and Parks Department. A team will be registered when both entry
fee and registration form are received. The deadline is Friday,
June 24th by 5:00 pm. Fees will pay for game balls,
officials, trophies, and scorekeepers. ENTRY FEES ARE NOT
REFUNDABLE.
Awards
- 1st Place: Team trophy and individual T-shirts.
2nd
Place: Team trophy and individual T-shirts.
Rosters
- Team rosters must be turned in by Friday, June 24th.
Team rosters will be frozen at the beginning of the double
elimination tournament. Any changes to a team’s roster must be
made before the start of the team’s first double elimination
tournament game. Players may not be added to a team roster if
they have played for another team during this Labor Day
Tournament. Team rosters can not exceed 15 players. League
officials will take action on roster violations in accordance
with protest procedures.
Playing Fields
- Men's A: Centennial Fields. Men’s B: Centennial Fields and
Taylor Field. Women’s: Snowflake and Taylor Field.
Insurance
- Medical insurance is the responsibility of the team or
individual. The Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks
Department does not carry medical insurance for teams or
individuals.
Conduct
1.
There will be a display of good sportsmanship at all times.
Players, coaches, managers or other team members will not make
disparaging or insulting remarks to or about opposing players,
officials or spectators or commit other acts that could be
considered unsportsmanlike conduct. The penalty for violations
is prompt ejection of the offender from the game, dugout and
area around the dugout. At the discretion of the umpire,
a player committing a first offense, may be benched from the
point of the infraction and then for the next complete inning.
A coach may be asked to leave the dugout and the area around the
dugout from the point of the infraction and then for the next
complete inning. A player/coach committing a second offense
will be ejected from the game, dugout and area around the
dugout. A player/coach who continues with unsportsmanlike
behavior shall leave the grounds for the remainder of the game
or the game will be forfeited. The tournament supervisor/umpire
may forfeit a game if team players or their supporters exhibit
excessive public abuse in any form.
2.
Players, coaches, managers or other team members involved in a
flagrant unsportsmanlike act will be ejected and must leave the
grounds immediately
and the plate umpire should not restart the game until the
ejected player/coach is gone. Flagrant acts include but are not
limited to:
·
Fighting – Offenders are ejected for all further tournament
play. (Minimum event suspension – one year) Length of
suspension in all future programs conducted by the
Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks Department to be
determined according to the offender’s involvement in the
incident.
·
Pushing - Offender is ejected from game. (Results in a
fight-see Fighting)
·
Swearing – Offender is ejected from game.
·
Intimidating an umpire – Offender is ejected from the game.
·
Use
of an illegal bat is considered a flagrant unsportsmanlike act.
Offenders
will
be ejected from the tournament on a 2nd offence.
3.
There
will be no drinking of alcoholic beverages and no
smoking/chewing of tobacco on the premises. Violating teams
will be ejected from the tournament and no refund will be given.
There will be no warnings!
Protest
- Must be resolved at game site. Umpire decisions, with
possible consultation with tournament supervisors, will be
final.
Ties
- Will be played off in all play. Each team at bat will place
their last out on 2nd base.
Rules & Regulations
A. Game
time will be one hour long or 7 innings. No new innings will
start after 55 minutes. Games will be called after 5 innings if
a team is ahead by 15 and after 3 innings if a team is ahead by
25. Semi-final and final games will not have the 55-minute
rule.
B.
Batters come to bat with a one-ball/one strike count. Fouls
count as strikes. Strikes will be awarded if pitched ball hits
any part of the base or mat and has a 6' to 10' arch from the
ground.
C.
Singles or doubles will be awarded to players hitting the ball
over the right field fence in Snowflake. An out will be
declared on the 5th over the right field fence
single and/or double – (combined total).
D.
Substitution is allowed. A player can only come back in once
for whoever took his or her place, (in the same batting order).
E.
Batting order must be submitted in writing to the field
supervisors prior to the game.
F. In
case of inclement weather, playing conditions will be decided at
the game site by league supervisors.
G. NO
METAL CLEATS ALLOWED IN ANY PLAY.
H. A minimum of 9
players can start a game. However an out will be declared
whenever the 10th position in the lineup is scheduled
to bat. A 10th player may be added in the 10th
position anytime before the end of the game. Any team that
starts with 10 players may drop down to the minimum of 9 players
to finish the game. Any team that starts with 11 players (“EP”)
may drop down to a minimum of 10 players to finish the game. If
a player is ejected from the game for any reason, the
ejected player’s team must have a substitute available to
replace the ejected player or that team will forfeit the game.
If a team starts with 9 or 10 players, they may not add an 11th
player “EP” to the lineup.
I.
Extra player is optional. If used he/she must remain in the
batting order the entire game. "EP" can play defense and be
substituted for by a player who has not yet been in the game.
The starting "EP" can reenter.
J.
Teams will be allowed one courtesy runner per inning, which must
be the team’s last out. The same batter can have another
courtesy runner if the team bats around.
K.
Pitchers will be allowed to pitch from the 50’ to 55’ pitchers
plate or anywhere in-between. All other pitching rules are in
effect. Mat size has been increased to accommodate extra
pitching distance.
L. Equalizer
Rule:
All
division games are equalizer games where no team can be more
than 2 out of the park home runs ahead of an opponent. A third
out of the park home run would count as an out. In the Men’s A
Division this rule can be waved if both teams elect to go with a
10 out of the park home run limit with singles being awarded
thereafter.
M. Bats must be ASA
certified and must not be included in the ASA Banned Bat List.
List will be at the fields.
N. If
third strike is fouled, the batter is out and the ball is dead,
no advancing.
O. A
base runner is not required to slide at home plate, however if
there is ANY contact between the base runner and the
catcher then the base runner is out. Catchers can not
deliberately cause contact in an attempt to subvert this rule.
P. A
batted ball that hits the pitcher is dead and the batter is
out. Exception to the rule would be if a pitcher is attempting
to make a play on the ball. A pitcher that goes beyond their
normal pitching delivery point and gets hit is making a play on
the ball.
Q. In
the event of rain or any other cause, which prevents a game from
continuing, the game will be completed at the first opportunity
and will resume from the point of departure.
R. Authority: League
Supervisors and the Director of the Snowflake/Taylor Recreation
and Parks Department shall have complete authority in all
situations not herein covered.
MOTELS
Osmer D. Heritage Inn Bed & Breakfast (928) 536-3322
Silver Creek Inn (928) 536-2600
Snowflake Comfort Inn (928) 536-3888
Town of Snowflake
81 West 1st South
Snowflake, Arizona 85937
(928) 536-7103 ext. 4
(928) 536-2539 FAX
dcamacho@ci.snowflake.az.us
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