KDCSL 2007 Tournament
Rules
Same
rules as the regular season:
- Softball Canada standard rules, with exceptions
noted below;
- Match +4 HR limit – Teams can’t get more than 4
over-the-fence HRs more than the other team’s total.
Ex. If the visitors have 2 HRs, and the home team hits a 7th,
that hit is a single.
- Teams should field a minimum of four women, but can play
with three and a phantom out in the batting order.
Maximum of six men in the field.
- Safe-bag and commitment line, runners must not step on
home plate, force-out at home after crossing the commitment line (no
tags in that zone);
- Sliding is not allowed (runner would be out);
- Bunting is not allowed (batter out and a dead ball);
- Infielders must remain behind the baselines until the
ball is hit.
- Pinch runner is allowed from home if the other coach
agrees; etc. as the regular season.
- Overthrow out of play = two base award from when the ball
was thrown.
- If a batted ball hits a runner before a fielder touches
it, the runner is out.
- If the batter runs inside the baseline and interferes
with a throw to first, they are out.
- If a runner steps off their base before the batter makes
contact, they are out (leadoff).
- Outfielders and Rovers must stay 10 yards / 30 feet back
from the baselines until the ball is hit. Only
the 4 infielders may be inside that imaginary line.
- Mercy rule – Max 10 runs per inning – Last inning is open.
Round
Robin games Friday night and Saturday
morning:
- Games are 7 innings max, and in the round-robin no
inning may start after the one-hour mark. This
does not need to be announced before the inning, although if an
inning starts at 2 minutes to the hour it would be assumed to be the
last.
- Season standings determine the home team.
- Teams should identify their coach and one captain to the
umpire. Only those two individuals should
discuss any call or ruling with the umpire during the game.
- Scores are delivered to the Central Scoring table, where
they will be converted into tournament points. In
the round robin portion, teams receive 75 points for a win, 50
for a tie, and 25 for a loss. That
score is adjusted by +/- up to 20 points based on run
differential (which means if the home team is winning, they should
still play the bottom of the last inning unless they are already up by
20.) A default win is worth 85 points
(75 + 10). There is also a
possible penalty of –5 points per official if teams miss their
commitment to provide a scorekeeper at their assigned times on the
schedule.
- A and B side semi-finals will be seeded with the top four
point round-robin totals from the round robin in the A semis and the 5th
through 8th in the B semis. Any
ties there will be broken by head-to-head results (if any),
then by season standing (i.e. Tournament “seed” team number.)
Home
Run Derby at lunchtime Saturday
- Men’s competition at Diamond 3, Women at Diamond 2 (small
diamond in between);
- Up to 2 men and 2 women per team - Choose your pitcher;
- Most home runs from 5 swings wins the trophy and
bragging rights;
- Foul balls, grounders, pop flies, line drives, misses and
home runs all count as swings.
- After two taken pitches, the batter must swing
(or lose one of the five chances);
- Ties are broken by additional rounds – players who are
still tied advance.
Playoff
Round Saturday afternoon
- Semi-final games are 7 innings, but the first inning
after the one-hour mark is the last. If
there is a tie, extra innings will be played with a runner (last
previous batter) starting on 2nd base each inning. Round-robin standings determine the home team.
- The final games are seven innings with no time limit. Extra innings will break a tie in the
final, again with the runner who batted last starting on 2nd
base.