EVENT DETAILS

SC State Rules

• Floating Rubber Pitchers will not be required to “toe” the pitching rubber. They may be up to 6’ behind the pitching rubber and within the pitching box.                                                                                                     
• Starting lineups   Teams may start with 8 players. Teams starting with 8 or 9 do not have to take an out for the missing players. Teams starting with less than 10 may add up to 10 when available but they must be added to the bottom of lineup.                                                                                                              
• A Batter who “bats” a ball, Fair or Foul, with an illegal bat will be declared out. This is an         “APPEAL PLAY” which must be appealed by the defense before the next pitch is thrown

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ROSTERS

Players and Coaches Please Read

We appreciate your participation in this event. We value your patronage to USSSA

If at any time during a game in this event, you feel the need to speak with a director, please inform your umpire. He has been instructed to grant your request. This request needs to come from the coach. Do NOT let the game continue. We cannot fix anything after play has continued or a subsequent pitch is thrown. This does not mean anything other than the fact that you will be able to speak with a director. Erroneous rule interpretations may be corrected. Judgement calls are always at the discretion of the Umpire.

Thank you and Good Lick to all of you and Thank you for playing USSSA!

Banned Balls / Bats

240 Stamp   Old Stamp

ONLY 240 BATS ALLOWED     

As you may know, there was a temporary ban on Suncoast and Juno Bats. They had testing issues the bats were deemed a safety issue

the Juno bats have been reinstated,.........

The SunCoast banned models are listed below

Suncoast | SR12MUCETE
Suncoast | SRM12AASE
Suncoast | SR12MUCE
Suncoast | SRMAASE
Suncoast | SRMAASB
Suncoast | SRMUSE
Suncoast | SR12MUSE
Suncoast | SRMUSB
Suncoast | SR12MUSB

Please understand that "player safety" was first and foremost in the decision to move to "240" bats.

USSSA was the pioneer in bat technology for slowpitch softball and contributes a lot of resources to ensuring there is a balance between performance and safety in equipment. 

TIME LIMITS

TIME LIMITS   

Pool Play 50 mins finish the inning    Bracket Play 50 mins finish the inning Plus 1                                               (Event Director may adjust if necessary to complete event)

We will play 2 Pool Play Games after which Teams will be seeded into a Double Elim bracket seeded by Pool Play Results

Pool Play games that are tied after the last or last  announced inning will end in a tie.

Pool Standing Criteria

Pool Standings Sorted on the following:
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1) Winning Percentage - Descending
2) Number Wins - Descending
3) Number Loses - Ascending
4) Tied Teams (vs. each other) Winning Pct - Descending [Not valid if all tied teams have not played each other]
5) Avg Points Allowed - Ascending
6) Avg Run Differential with a maximum of (100) - Descending
7) USSSA Points - Descending
8) Date Team Entered USSSA Database

Once past a tie breaker do not return to previous

COURTESY RUNNER

Courtesy (Bandit) Runner

• The Bandit Runner (BR) may be anyone on the roster.
• The BR must be designated before the game begins This is tied to the player and not a position in the lineup or on the roster.
• The BR will be the Bandit Runner for the remainder of the game. The BR may run for anyone at any time.
• If the BR is also in the batting lineup, and his turn at bat occurs while he is on base, his position in the batting order will be an out. If the BR’s “Turn at Bat” occurs and the BR is ON BASE, an out will be recorded for his position in the batting order. There are NO exceptions. His “turn at bat” occurs when the previous batters turn at bat has ended. “Play Ball” or “Batter Up” need not be indicated for his turn at bat to occur. There shall be no other penalty other than an out.
• The BR role may not be substituted. A Bandit Runner may be replaced on the base only by the player he is running for at the time. The Bandit Runner role is then lost for the remainder of the game.
• If anyone other than the Designated BR assumes a position on the base to run for another player and is not announced as a legal substitute the improper baserunner will be declared out.

Runner for the Pitcher

• In addittion to the “Bandit Runner”  the pitcher will be allowed a runner other than the Bandit Runner If the Bandit is on base or in jeopardy of being on base when it is his turn to bat. This “pitcher runner” may be anyone on the roster. If his turn to bat occurs and he is occupying a base e will be “out at the plate”.

250 RULES

250' SC State Championship All teams will play in the same division. Any ball hit over the 250 foot fence is a homerun. Any ball hit beyond the 300 foot fence is recorded as an out Homeruns are unlimited. We will use a screen.  Any ball hitting the screen off the bat untouched will be an out. The screen will be optional for each team. Each team must designate a Mr. 250. This player must Clear the 250 fence or he is out. If the Mr. 250 is walked, it will be recorded as a walk. The next , and only the next batted ball clearing the 300' fence, before Mr. 250 comes back to bat, will count as a Home Run. The Mr. 250 will continue his role as Mr. 250 for all of his at bats. We will use the Bandit Runner Rule

EVENT RULES
Any ball hit over the 250' fence and not over the 300'fence is a homerun.
Any ball hit beyond the 300' fence is recorded as an out
Homeruns are unlimited.
We will use a screen. Any ball hitting the screen off the bat untouched will be an out and the ball is dead
A thrown ball hitting the screen will be live.
The screen will be optional for each team, to be determined at the beginning of the game and for the duration of the game.
  Each team must designate a Mr. 250. This player must Clear the 250' fence or he is out.
If he clears both fences it is still a Homerun (no penalty)
  If the Mr. 250 is walked, it will be recorded as a walk.
The next, and only the next batted ball clearing the 300 fence,
before Mr. 250 comes back to bat, will count as a Home Run.
  The Mr. 250 will continue his role as Mr. 250 for all of his at bats.
                                                                                                                                 
Please contact
Johnny Blizzard 919-988-3869  or  Scott Dooley 803-403-7035
Time Limit
At the end of 50 Minutes we will finish the inning we are in and play 1 more.
4 Game Guarantee $350
UPPER and LOWER Brackets
(based on 10 teams in division)

FORMAT

POOL PLAY:  All games will be 50 mins / finish the inning.  Games that are tied at this point will be entered as a tie.

BRACKET PLAY:   All games will be 50 mins / finish the inning + 1 more. 

MENS EVENT  We will sepearate the top 4 teams and the bottom 10 teams (based on Pool Play) into an Upper and Lower Bracket.   We will have a 1st place winner and a 2nd place winner in each of the 2 brackets.