Tournament Rules, Trevor Barton Memorial Tournament-Week1, 2022 (London Badgers)

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1. Pre-Game

a)    No Batting Practice on Field- All hitting should be done outside the fence.

b)    Batting Cages are only to be used by the 14u-18u teams.

c)     Please refrain from hitting into the sides of any of the cages or fences

d)    Please keep all ground ball practice outside the foul lines

2. Game Lengths

a)    No new inning after 1hr-50min

b)    Official Game after 4-innings or 3-½ if the home team is ahead

c)     No Extra Innings during pool play

3. Mercy Rules

a)    18-runs after 3-innings

b)    15-runs after 4-innings

c)     10-runs after 5-innings

4. Tie Breakers

1.  UPDATED Where tie breaking rules are required, the following tie breaking rules will be used for each placement independently:
   1. Teams with a forfeit loss are ineligible for tiebreakers
   2. head to head record among tied teams;
   3. team with the smallest runs against ratio (runs allowed / number of defensive innings played) in games among tied teams;
   4. team with the smallest runs against ratio (runs allowed / number of defensive innings played) in all games;
   5. team with the highest runs for ratio (runs scored / number of offensive innings played) in games among tied teams;
   6. team with the highest runs for ratio ( runs scored / number of offensive innings played) in all games;
   7. coin toss

5. Arm Care Rules

a)    Baseball Ontario Pitch Rules are in effect

b)    Pitch Count App must be updated within 24-hours or before the start of the next game (whichever comes first)              by the home team manager or designate.

c)     The manager of the opposing team will receive notification of the pitch count entry into the system and will have 24-hrs from that time to verify or challenge the pitch count from that game.

6. Schedule Format (Schedules Attached)

a)    Each age division has a different number of teams participating which has forced us to create different tournament
       format styles.

b)    Regardless, each division will be guaranteed 3-games.

7. Protests

a)    A protest based on an umpire’s interpretation of the rules must be lodged with the umpire before the game resumes, and the opposing team must also be advised by the umpire before the game resumes.

b)    The protest committee has the right to rule weather the protest will be heard

c)     All protests must be ruled on at the time of their occurrence by the Protest Committee

d)    If the protest is heard and denied , the team will be $50

8. Diamond Locations 

Stronach Park  1221 Sandford Street London ON 

Aldridge Field  1221 Sandford Street London ON 

City Wide Fields 1610 Commissioners Rd E. London ON

Labatt Park 25 Wilson Avenue London ON 

North London Fields 1225 Adelaide Street North    London ON

North Ridge Fields 1400 Adelaide St. N  London, ON 

Dan Pulham Field        815 Windermere Road London ON

9. Health and Safety

Emergency- 911 (Police, Fire, Ambulance)

Local Hospitals- (519) 685-8500

London Children's Hospital-800 Commissioners Rd. E. London, ON N6A5W9

University Hospital- 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON N6A 5A5