2025 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RULES
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Player Eligibility & Team Rosters
1. Age cut-off is May 1st. Example: Players may not be 16 years old before May 1, 2025 for the 15-year old division.
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO PROVDE PROOF OF PLAYER AGE UPON REQUEST.
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FORFEIT.
2. Rosters and certificates of insurance must be uploaded in your Playbook account prior to the start of the tournament.
Game Length
1. 15U & 16U games shall be seven (7) innings, or one hour and forty-five minutes - whichever occurs first (No Drop Dead). No inning may start after an hour and forty-five minutes of play. No time limit will apply in the championship games. HOWEVER, ties will be played until there is a winner – even after time limit. In all games except the championship game, if the score is tied after 7 innings or at time limit, the next inning and subsequent innings if necessary shall be played as follows: Last out of previous inning will be placed at second base with 1 out and the batter starts with a fresh count. If a team is winning by 15 runs or more after three (3) innings of play, 10 runs or more after four (4) innings of play, or 8 runs or more after five (5) innings of play, the game is over.
2. Umpire is the official timer.
Courtesy Runners
1. Courtesy runners for pitchers and catcher may be used at any time. The courtesy runner must be a player not in the game, unless playing with ten or less, or batting your whole roster, then the player who made the last out will be the courtesy runner.
Batting Order & Re-Entry
1. You may hit whatever batting order you would like:
- All players on your roster
- Straight 9
- Use an EH or DH
2. Re-entry of a starting player will be allowed. But, the re-entered player must be placed in their original batting order position and the opposing team and umpire must be notified of the re-entry.
Pitchers
1. There are no pitching limits. Please use your best judgment.
2. Intentionally walking a batter can be done by telling the home plate umpire.
Equipment
1. No metal spikes are allowed. 15U & 16U players will be playing on turf fields.
2. Helmets must be worn by all base runners at all times. Catchers/players must wear a mask and helmet when warming up a pitcher. This rule is in effect on the sidelines as well as on the field.
3. Wood bats only shall be used for the 15U and 16U divisions.
Miscellaneous
1. No infield or batting practice is allowed between games on the fields. Teams must be warmed up and ready to play after prior game is completed.
2. No soft toss against any fence is allowed.
3. The umpires’ decisions will be final. There are no protests.
4. All fields in the tournament are neutral. A coin toss at the beginning of each pool play game will decide the home or away team. However, on Sunday, the higher seeded team will be the home team.
6. Each team’s official scorer must verify runs score with the umpire after each ½ inning.
7. The score of any forfeited game will be 6-0.
8. The winning team is responsible for reporting the score of their game to the head table.
Tie Breakers for Seeding Purposes:
1st Head-to-head competition
2nd Least runs allowed
3rd Most runs scored
4th Coin flip
Once the tournament has started, there will be no refunds because of bad weather, or any other reason. If the tournament is completely rained out or canceled for any reason, $100.00 from each entry fee will be kept by the Tournament Director for expenses, and the remaining amount will be credited to a future GTS event to be redeemed during the 2025 or 2026 season.
THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THE
TOURNAMENT IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER OR ANY OTHER REASON.
Each team’s manager is responsible for the sportsmanship of their team and fans. Taunting of opposing players or umpires will not be tolerated, and any such behavior will result in removal of the individual from the ballpark.
Good luck to your team and thank you for participating in our tournament! Please contact us if you have any questions.
Tournament Director: Michael Gonzalez
(262) 903-4195