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SCORE REPORTING PROCEDURE

All managers must call in and e-mail all game results within 2 hours of the finish.  E-mails are critically important!!!  Make sure to include your team name, division, and scores.

Telephone Number to call: 631.864.6701

Email: gbits@optonline.net  AND sosmaccio@optonline.net

 

RULE CLARIFICATIONS

Clarification of pitching rules in a suspended game:

In a game suspended by darkness, weather or other causes and resumed the following calendar day, the pitcher of record at the time the game was halted may continue to the extent of his/her eligibility provided he/she delivered 40 or less pitches, and subject to each of these conditions:
A. A player may not pitch in more than one game in a day.
B. If the pitcher delivered 20 or less pitches before game was suspended pitcher's pitch count will began at zero for the continuation of the game.
C. If the pitcher delivered between 21 and 40 pitches before the game was suspended, that pitcher's count will begin with the number of pitches delivered in that game.
D. In a game suspended and resumed more than one calendar day later, B. & C. apply unless the pitcher of record pitched in another game in between. Since we are double elimination, that will not happen. Each game must be completed before next game is played.

Clarification of Substitution Rule:

Starters do not have to complete their mandatory play before being removed for a substitute. However, once a starter re-enters the game, he/she cannot be removed until he/she completes mandatory play.

SAFETY RULES

  1. Each team must carry seven (7) NOCSAE approved helmets at all times.
  2. Each team must carry two (2) full sets of catcher's equipment.
  3. All managers must carry a fully stocked basic first aid kit, including protective gloves.
  4. All teams must have a minimum of six (6) ice packs at all times.
  5. Each host town MUST alert Emergency Service Organizations that there are games going on at their fields.
  6. Every manager MUST carry medical release forms to ALL games. If you have a child with specific allergies, appropriate medications (which can be self administered) MUST be available (i.e., inhalers, epipens, etc.).
  7. If a player is injured on the field DO NOT ATTEMPT to pick him/her up. If  that player can get up by himself/herself, so be it. DO NOT encourage an injured player to move or get up without first ascertaining the extent of the injury.
  8. Once a player is removed from the line-up due to an injury, we will need a doctor's note (depending on the severity of the injury) or District's permission to have the player rejoin the team. Once removed for injury, the player MAY NOT go back into the current game.
  9. When in doubt about the extent of the injury, DO NOT HESITATE to call the local EMS. Parents may sign an RMA (Refusal of Medical Attention) once EMS has arrived, but coaches MAY NOT sign an RMA.
  10. Should CPR be required, only certified individuals may perform the procedure.
  11. Each manager WILL carry towels and/or washcloths to cool players down between innings if necessary. This is essential to the catchers. Apply cool cloths to the pulse points (inner arm, wrists and neck).
  12. Be aware of weather conditions...Plan for extreme heat and/or humidity. Should thunder be heard or lightening seen, THE GAME IS OVER. Remove all players from the field or dugout and send them directly to the cars. Do not tell the players to WAIT UNDER THE TREE!!!
  13. TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS MUST MAKE CERTAIN ACCESS TO FIELDS ARE NOT BLOCKED BY CARS.  ILLEGALLY PARKED CARS MAY BE TOWED.
  14. Managers are REQUIRED to carry copy of Rule Book and all Affidavit Night Handouts to every game.
  15. A TEAM MAY NOT PLAY A GAME WITHOUT THEIR AFFIDAVIT AND ALL REQUIRED PAPERWORK. THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR WILL CHECK ALL DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO THE START OF THE GAME.

    WHEN IN DOUBT CHECK WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR!

 

CODE OF ETHICS 2008

  1. All divisions will play according to BOOK RULES

  2. Managers, coaches, players and spectators will not use profanity or demeaning or degrading language. Use of any of the above will result in ejection from the game plus a mandatory one game suspension.

  3. Physical altercations will result in an automatic removal from the program and possible arrest.

  4. There will be NO jewelry of any kind worn during games, practices or in the dugout by players, manager/coaches.
    Penalty:      removal for balance of game

  5. The use of illegal equipment (i.e. unsecured batting donuts, skull caps) will result in the removal of the manager/coach for the balance of the game and confiscation of the illegal equipment.

  6. Should a manager/coach jeopardize the safety or well being of a player by not following mandated safety procedures, he/she will be removed for the remainder of the program.

  7. Any manager/coach found violating pitching rules will be removed from the program.

  8. Any display of unsportsmanlike conduct will result in removal from game PLUS suspension from the next game.

  9. Any actions contrary to the well being of the tournament will result in suspension and/or termination. 

  10. Managers/coaches are responsible for the actions of their spectators. Should the spectators become unruly, they and the manager will be removed. The game will not continue until the situation is resolved.

  11. THERE WILL BE NO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IN THE DUGOUT OR ON THE FIELD AT ANY TIME.
    Penalty: removal of manager/coach     from the game.

  12. No manager or coach may leave the dugout without asking for time AND having it granted by the umpire.

  13. TOURNAMENT PACKETS, MEDICAL RELEASES, RULE BOOKS, AND THIS CODE OF ETHICS MUST BE CARRIED WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.

  14. ANY RULE, REGULATION OR POLICY INFRACTION WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

  15. YOU LIVED YOUR CHILDHOOD, LET THE CHILDREN LIVE THEIRS!!!!!

 

    Any penalty can be increased at the discretion of the District