Bozeman Superdraft - Main 5 game guarantee
*2 pool seeding games on Saturday morning
*3 game guarantee Main Tournament Championship Bracket on Saturday afternoon/evening and Sunday
*Doghouse Championship Bracket (single elimination bracket on Sunday for the first four teams out of the main bracket)
Games: 2 + 3 + 1
USA/ASA rules will apply and any other tournament rules listed below.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
6 Game Guarantee (weather pending): 2 Pool seeding games leading into a seeded 3 Game Guarantee championship bracket, along with a SSS (Super Special Secret) Doghouse Championship bracket that will be single elimination on Sunday.
APPROVED BATS:
USA/ASA bats are approved in the Smasherz Superdraft.
We will spot test bats for compression throughout the weekend.
If a player hits a ball using an illegal bat, and the play is protested by the defending team before the next pitch, the play will ruled as a Dead Ball Out and a warning will be issued to the team. If it happens again that game, the play will once again be ruled a Dead Ball out and the player will be ejected from the remainder of the game resulting in an automatic out each time that spots comes up in the lineup.
BALLS
Men MUST hit USA/ASA stamped 52/300 WORTH Hot Dot balls. Women will have the option to hit the Men's ball or the 11 inch ball WORTH 52/300 Hot Dot ball.
Teams will hit their own balls, specified above.
6 men's balls will be supplied to each team before the tournament starts. 2 women's balls will be supplied by tournament. If you lose all your softballs, or wish to have more, they will be available for purchase at the fields for $6 each.
HOME RUN LIMIT
Five (5) Home Runs/Game. All Home Runs over the limit will be considered a Dead Ball Out. Female Home Runs DO NOT COUNT towards the team total each game. Hit and Sit, no need to run them out or touch 1st base.
LINEUP
~Each team must present their lineup to the other team, at coin toss, before 1st pitch.
~Each team is supplied with 1 scorebook. Please take a clean book, and make sure that runs are scored accurately by the umpire during each game.
~Each team MUST bat all of their rostered players. However, only 10 players will take the field on defense.
~No (2) players of the minority sex may sit out of playing defense at the same time.
~No player may sit out from playing a defensive position more than 7 innings for every 14 innings played unless the player should so verbally choose to. We ask each team to monitor this carefully. Please be respectful and fair to your teammates that also came to play.
NO SHOWS/LATE TO GAME
Players must be in the LINEUP IN EVERY GAME!
If a player doesn't show up to PLAY IN game, the team can vote on if they want to have that player remain on the team or immediately removed from the roster/tournament and no longer eligible to win any prizes.
If a player doesn't show up to a BRACKET game, that player will be immediately removed from the roster and no longer eligible to play any further games or win any prizes.
If a player is "running late" to a game the player must be added to the end of the lineup. If you're "Running Late", you need to clearly communicate with your team prior to game time as the team will have the final call on adding you to the lineup. If added to the lineup, and the player misses his/her 1st AB, the team will take a recorded out for that player. If the player misses his/her 2nd AB, the team will have the option to remove player from the lineup, and player will be immediately disqualified from the rest of the tournament (and NO out will be taken for this AB or any future AB's during this game) OR remain in the lineup and continue to take an out for every at bat to keep player eligible for the remainder of tournament. This option will remain for missing players future AB's as well (if kept in game).
No players can be added to the lineup once the lineup has hit through.
FEMALE DIFFERENTIAL RATIO- DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT
Teams must disclose the number of female roster players at coin toss.
In the event 2 opposing teams have an unequal number of female players, the team with lesser number must MATCH the number of females the opposing team has playing on defense until all bench options have been exhausted.
If the 2 teams have the same number of female players, the number of females playing defense does not have to match.
EXAMPLE: The Visiting Team has 12 players in which 4 are Women and the Home Team has 12 players in which 3 are Women. The Visiting Team would have 3 women playing the field and 1 on the bench as an AH. The Home team would now be required to play ALL 3 of their women in the field and sit 2 men.
FEMALE DIFFERENTIAL RATIO- LINEUP ADJUSTMENT:
Teams must disclose the number of female roster players at coin toss.
In the event 2 opposing teams have an unequal number of female players by 1, no lineup adjustments are required.
If the female differential from the opposing team is greater than 1, the team with the LESS females will need to add a "dummy spot" to their lineup and take an automatic out each time that spot comes to bat during the entire game. The team that is short females must add enough "Dummy Spots" to their lineup to be within 1 female differential of the opposing team.
EXAMPLE: The Visiting Team has 4 Women, and the Home Team has 2. The Home Team would have to add a "dummy spot" to their lineup and take an out every time that spot comes to bat throughout the game.
ILLEGAL PLAYER/ROSTER CHECK
If you are playing a team you feel has an illegal player in their lineup and would like to appeal the roster: call time out (before the last out of the game), announce to the umpire that you would like to appeal a player on the other team’s roster, present the umpire $100 CASH, and the umpire will stop the clock and contact a tournament director. The tournament director will check IDs of the player(s) in question and review the scorebook if needed. Tournament Director will have the master roster sheets for all teams at the fields. If a player is determined to be illegal, the appealing team will get their $100 back and the violating team (all players) will be immediately removed from the tournament. If player(s) are determined legal, the clock will restart and the $100 will be given to the umpire for wasting his time. All players must remain on the field until an official tournament director can come to the field. If at any time the player(s) in question leave the field of play while waiting for the tournament director, they will be determined to be illegal, and the team will be removed. No appeals can be made after the last out of the game.
PINCH RUNNERS
2 per inning per team. Runner can be either sex (guy can run for a guy or girl, girl can run for a girl or guy) and can be anyone on the team (however if that runner comes up to bat in the lineup before he/she scores or gets out, that runners spot in the lineup will be an automatic out and NO OFFENSIVE EJECTION). NOTE: A pinch runner may be used twice in the same inning if the person needing the runner gets on again (the pinch runner must also be the same runner used earlier that inning). For a speed up rule, the pitcher can also get a pinch runner to give more time for the pitcher to put on his helmet and shin guards.
RUN RULES
20 runs After 3 innings
15 runs after 4 innings
10 runs after 5 innings
10 runs after 6 innings
1 run after 7 innings
Run rules are in effect EVERY GAME…pool play and bracket play.
SEEDING
Coin toss in pool seeding games to determine home team.
Home team is the highest seed for all games in the bracket...both main championship bracket and the doghouse championship bracket.
*if there is an IF GAME, then we will have a coin toss to determine the home team in the final championship game...regardless of either team's seed.
TIME LIMIT rules:
All Games (unless noted below) will be scheduled every 75 minutes.
60 minutes time limit in all games with finishing the inning at the 60 minute mark and playing one more complete inning only.
Time starts after the coin flip. Hustle in and Hustle out.
Games can start as early as 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. BE EARLY!
MIXED PLAYER RULES:
Females can play anywhere on the field. No outfield co-ed line will be used.
If a male batter is walked and a female is on deck, the male gets 2nd base (must run it out and touch 1B) and the female will have the option to hit or take a free walk ONLY when there are 2 outs. Females must hit when there are 0 outs or 1 out…i want the girls to play!
Females or Males who are up to bat CANNOT be thrown out at 1st base from an outfield position (or an assist from an OF position). If an outfielder throws the batted ball to 1st base, play is a dead ball and the batter is automatically safe at 1st and then awarded 2nd base.
Defense may align on the field in a 4-man, or 5-man if they wish, at any time vs any batter. However, if a WOMAN is up to bat, an infielder may not play (starting position) beyond the infield cut line (where the dirt meets the grass/ infield meets the outfield) to be considered an infielder. Infielders "starting position" will be determined by where they are standing at release of pitch.
Defensive/Infield positioning is ONLY used to determine if a Hitter can be thrown out at 1B. All other defensive plays (force out at 2nd, play at 3rd, fly balls etc.) are allowed no matter where any infielder starts.
EXAMPLE Part 1: If Shortstop is standing in front of the infield cut line at time of pitch release with a female hitter...... Then, the infielder immediately sprints back into the outfield, and the ball is hit in their direction. The ball lands, he/she picks it up, and throws a missile across the field for the force out at 1B. This is ACCEPTABLE and the hitter will be called OUT. The shortstop may also catch the ball in the air in this scenario, and the female hitter WILL BE OUT.
EXAMPLE Part 2: If Shortstop is standing behind the infield cut line at time of pitch release with a female hitter...... Then, the infielder immediately sprints back into the outfield, and the ball is hi
