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Virginia District 7 Little League – Http://VADistrict7.org

Bob Sherrill

D7 DA

Ray Churchill

D7 UIC/ADA

STEVE ROTH

President, D7UA


TOURNAMENT NOTES

• Double elimination tournament format

• All Fields are considered neutral• Arrive at the field 1 hour before stated game time

• Coin toss used to determine home and visitor

• Infield practice will start 30 minutes prior to start time

• Published Field Ground Rules

• Weather affecting the game schedule

• Information for your parents and fans• NO Air Horns, bells, bottles with items inside them, etc.

• NO smoking, tobacco use and VAPES are allowed

• Pets are not allowed

• Support your host leagues – buy concessions and 50/50


RULE CHANGES - 2019

▪ Managers and Coaches in the dugout (pg 125) –

Baseball & Softball

▪ Restricts the number of adults in the dugout to one manager

and one coach when a tournament team has 11 or fewer

eligible at the game site at the start of the game.

▪ Tie Game (pg 145) – Baseball and Softball

▪ 1st Extra inning starts the same (7th and 8th respectively).

▪ Starting top of 8th (Majors and below) and top of 9th

(intermediate and above) offensive starts batting with runner

on 2nd.

▪ The runner is the batter scheduled to bat last in that

respective half inning.

▪ An eligible sub or special pinch runner may be used


PLAYER CONCUSSIONS

• Virginia State Little League now requires training for all

managers and coaches at state tournaments

• Training certifications are only good for one year

• VA District 7 recommends that all district tournament

managers, coaches and umpires take the training

• Get free training online at the website:https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61151/concussion-in-sports

Player Safety is EVERYONE’S Responsibility!

https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61151/concussion-in-sports


Social Media

▪ Be aware that your parents know what social media

your players participate in

▪ Little League considers the inappropriate use of social

media as “unsportsmanlike conduct” and can be

grounds from dismissal from the international

tournament

▪ Don’t let what happened to the 2017 SE Region Junior

Softball championship team happen to your team


REGULATION GAMES

• Each tournament game must be played to the point

of being an official game:

• 9/10/11 YEAR OLD & MAJORS:

- Regulation games are 4 or more innings (3 1/2 if

the home team is ahead)

• JUNIORS& SENIORS:

- Regulation games are 5 or more innings (4 1/2 if

the home team is ahead)

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL


FIFTEEN / TEN RUN RULE

• Team is 15 runs ahead after 3 innings

• 4 innings for Intermediate and above

• Team is 10 runs ahead after 4 innings

• 5 innings for intermediate and above

• Manager of the team behind must concede

ALL LEVELS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL


CURFEW

• 9/10/11 YEAR OLD & MAJOR LEAGUES:– No inning shall start after Midnight

• JUNIOR LEAGUE:– No inning shall start after 12:30 AM

• SENIOR LEAGUE:– No inning shall start after 1 AM

NOTE – An inning starts the moment the 3rd out is

made completing the previous inning

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL


SUSPENDED GAMES

• Any game in which a winner cannot be determine IAW

the playing rules

– Shall be resumed from the exact point at which it

was suspended

– Regardless of the number of innings played

• New Rule – Even if you don’t complete the 1st inning



SUSPENDED GAMES


Regulation Game Rule 13 amended to read:

• (b) Regulation games (when a winner can be

determined) terminated because of weather, darkness or

curfew must “be resumed if the visiting team ties the

game or takes the lead in their half of the inning and the

home team does not complete their at bat or take the

lead in an incomplete inning.”


ON-DECK POSITION

9/10/11 YEAR OLD & MAJORS ONLY:

THE ON-DECK BATTER’S

POSITION IS NOT PERMITTED

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

ONLY PLAYERS WITH A BATTING HELMET

ARE TO RETRIEVE BATS


• No one except players, managers and coaches shall

occupy the bench or dugout during a game

• A manager or coach may not leave a dugout for any

reason during a game without receiving permission from

the umpire

– Violation of this rule may result in removal of the

manager or coach

• The use of electronic equipment during the game is

restricted


BENCH/DUGOUT


MANDATORY PLAY

• Based on the number of players on a team

• Team has 13 or more players in uniform at a game, every

player on a team roster shall participate in each game for

a minimum of one at bat

• Team has 12 or fewer players in uniform at a game, every

player on a team roster shall participate in each game for

a minimum of 6 consecutive defensive outs AND bat at

least one time

ALL LEVELS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL EXCEPT

SENIOR DIVISIONS:


MANDATORY PLAY

• Managers are responsible for fulfilling mandatory play

requirements

• There are no exceptions unless the game is shortened for

any reason

– The game is not considered shortened if the home team does not

complete its offensive half of the 6th or 7th inning due to winning the

game

• Failure to meet mandatory play requirements is a basis for

protest


SENIOR DIVISIONS:


MANDATORY PLAY


SENIOR DIVISIONS:

For the Purpose of this rule

• 6 consecutive defensive outs is defined as

– Player enters the field in one of nine defensive positions

when his/her team is on defense

– Occupies such positions while 6 consecutive outs are made

• Bat at least one time is defined as a player

enters the batters box with no count

– And completes that time at bat by being put out or

reaching base safely

• Protest can be filed anytime after the game


• A Manager or Coach may confer with any other player(s), including the catcher, during the visit with the pitcher

▪ Visits – minor twice inning /third remove- pitcher 4 times

in a game

▪ Majors once inning second remove pitcher -three times in

a game

• When a pitcher is removed, the new pitcher will not be charged with a mound visit- the exiting pitcher will be charged a visit unless the umpire is notified before manager talks to players

PITCHER VISITS



OFFENSIVE TIME - OUT

ONLY ONE OFFENSIVE TIME-OUT

WILL BE PERMITTED EACH INNING



• If illness, injury or the ejection of a player prevents a team from fielding

9 players

– A player previously used in the line-up may be inserted

– But only if there are no other eligible substitutes available

– The opposing team manager shall select the player to be re-entered

– Ejected players are not eligible

• A starter and his/her substitute may not be in the lineup at the same

time

– Except for illness or injury as stated above

SUBSTITUTIONS/RE-ENTRY


• Improper substitution is a basis for protest

– Protests not resolved before the next pitch shall not be

considered



ALL LEVELS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL cont.

• Defensive substitutions must be made while the team is

on defense

• Offense substitutions must be made at the time the

offensive player has his or her turn at bat or is on base


• Any player who has been removed for a substitute may re-enter

the game in the same position in the batting order provided:

– The player being removed has met mandatory play

requirements

ALL DIVISIONS OF BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

(except Senior Divisions)


DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SENIOR DIVISIONS


• Any starter who has been removed may re-enter the

game ONCE , provided they occupy the same batting

order position

• A substitute (non-starter) may not re-enter the game in

any position once that player is removed from the line-

up

• A substitute player who has been removed from the

lineup is eligible for special pinch runner

SENIOR BASEBALL & SOFTBALL



ALL LEVELS OF BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

Special Pinch Runner

• Only twice per game; once per inning

• Special pitch runner cannot be in the lineup

• A player may only be removed for a special pinch-

runner one time during a game


PLAYER INJURY

• If a player is injured or becomes ill during a game

(and is removed from the game by the Manager/Coach)

➢ The decision of doctor (if present) or medical

personnel will be final as to whether or not the

player may continue in the game

•Any player that is injured or becomes ill during a game and

seeks medical attention or is transported to a medical

facility

➢ The player must have a medical release from a

doctor before being allowed to participate in the next

game



EQUIPMENT

• The batter is out (Manager on defense may decline this

portion of the penalty and accept the result of the play.

Decision must come immediately after the play)

• The Manager is ejected.

• The Player is ejected.

• The offensive team loses one base coach

PENALTY FOR USE OF ILLEGAL BATALL LEVELS OF BASEBALL & SOFTBALL


• A Minimum of 6 (7 in Junior/Senior League) NOCSAE

approved safety helmets with warning labels is

required

• No glare or mirror-like surfaces

NOTE: Helmets may not be altered in any way (painted,

taped or decals) unless approved in writing by the

helmet manufacturer or authorized dealer

ALL LEVELS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL(EXCEPT AS NOTED)

EQUIPMENT - BATTING HELMETS



(EXCEPT AS NOTED)

• Catchers must wear a mask with NOCSAE approved

catcher’s helmet and dangling type throat guard during

practice, infield/outfield, pitcher warm-up and games

• All catchers must wear approved chest protectors and

shin guards

• Skull caps are not acceptable

• Throat guards are required even with the extended

type mask & hockey style masks

EQUIPMENT


EQUIPMENT

• Every player must wear a conventional uniform which

includes shirt, pants, stockings & cap

• The official Little League patch must be affixed to the

upper left sleeve of the uniform

• All jewelry must be removed

BASEBALL - ALL LEVELS


PITCHING RULES - BASEBALL

• The pitching rules covered here

replace the regular season pitching

rules

• Violation of any of these rules are

subject to protest and forfeiture by

action of the tournament committee

in Williamsport if protested before

the umpire(s) leave the playing field


PITCHING - BASEBALL

• Any player on a tournament team may pitch• EXCEPTION – Any player who has caught 4 or more innings

in a game

• A tournament pitcher may not pitch in regular season

or special games while the team is still participating

in the tournament

• Catcher for three or less then pitches more than 21

pitches may not return to catch

• Reminder Rule of 2018 – Under no circumstances

shall a player pitch in three (3) consecutive days

ALL LEVELS


PITCHING - BASEBALL

9/10/11 YEAR OLD & MAJORS:

• Pitchers once removed from the mound may not

return as pitchers

JUNIORS & SENIORS:

• A pitcher remaining in the game, but moving to a

different position can return as a pitcher

– Any time in the remainder of the game

– But only once per game

• Exception – If mandatory play has been met, a player

may bat for a pitcher and the pitcher can continue to

pitch the next inning (applies to all levels)


• Pitcher must be removed from the mound when he

reaches the following pitch limits (pitcher may remain in

the game at another position):

– Ages 13 – 16 (SR BB) have 95 pitches limit per day

– Ages 11 – 12 have 85 pitches limit per day

– Ages 10 and under have 75 pitches per day

EXCEPTION - Can continue to face current batter until retired

(applies to threshold pitch limit also)

NOTE – Pitcher delivers 41 or more pitches in a game

cannot catch the remainder of that day

PITCHING – BASEBALL


• Days of rest required are determined by pitch count

and age

• Junior BB is different than Senior BB

• Ensure that you know the number of calendar days of

rest required

PITCHING - BASEBALL

Pitchers League age 16 and under:


• Less than 21 pitches (30 or less for Senior) were pitched in the

previous game, or,

• The previous game was at another level, and the pitcher has

received the required number of days of rest

• Levels are District, State, Division, Regional and World Series

EXCEPTIONS:

PITCHING - BASEBALL

A player may not pitch in consecutive games:


MAJOR AND BELOW BASEBALL

• A player may not pitch in more than one game in a day

JUNIOR AND SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

• A player may be used as a pitcher in up to two games in a

day.

EXCEPTION: If the player pitched 31 or more pitches in the

first game, that player may not pitch in the second game on

that day.

PITCHING – BASEBALL


SCORE KEEPER DUTIES Baseball Only

• The TD will designate the official scorer and he/she will be

responsible for each Team’s pitch count

• The official scorer will provide the current pitch count when

requested by a manager or umpire

– However, the manager is responsible for knowing when

his/her pitcher must be removed•

• The official scorer should notify the UIC if a pitcher has

delivered the maximum pitches allowed

– The UIC will then inform the manager

NOTE – Failure of the official score keeper to notify the

UIC or UIC to notify the manager does not relieve the

manager of his responsibility to remove a pitcher


SOFTBALL - ALL LEVELS

• Teams wearing sleeveless shirts must wear the official

Little League Patch on the upper left portion of the front

of the uniform

• All jewelry must be removed

• Every player must wear a conventional uniform which

includes shirt, pants or shorts, stockings & Cap or Visor

NOTE – The wearing of caps and visors is optional for each

player while on defense

EQUIPMENT


9 & 10 YEAR OLD :

The softball used must meet LL specifications and

standards that pertain to the 11” softball

10&11 / MAJOR / JUNIOR / SENIOR:

The softball used must meet LL specifications and

Standards that pertain to the 12” softball

SOFTBALL

EQUIPMENT


PITCHING RULES - SOFTBALL

• The rules covered here

replace the regular season

pitching rules

• Violation of any of theses

pitching rules are subject to

protest and forfeiture by

action of the tournament

committee in Williamsport, if

protested before the umpire(s)

leave the playing field


PITCHING RULES - SOFTBALL

• Both feet within 24 inch plate

• Hands separated before

stepping on plate

• Pivot foot on – non pivot

behind or on plate

• Take signal with hands

separated

• Hands together 1-10 seconds

before delivery of pitch

• Backward step before or

simultaneous with hands

coming together

• Step Forward within the 24

plate


SOFTBALL PITCHING DISTANCE

• 9/10 YEAR OLD DIVISION:

• The official pitching distance shall be 35 feet

• 10-11 & MAJOR DIVISION:


• JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION



PITCHING - SOFTBALL

ALL LEVELS

• Any player on a tournament team may pitch

• There is no limit to the number of eligible pitchers

that can be used in a game

• Delivery of a single pitch constitutes having pitched

an inning

• A pitcher remaining in the game but moving to a

different position, can return as a pitcher any time in

the remainder of the game, but only once in the same

inning as she was removed


9/10/11 Year Old and MAJORS:

• A player may not pitch in more than 12 INNINGS in a

day

JUNIOR & SENIOR:

• No pitching restrictions apply

PITCHING - SOFTBALL


• If a player pitches LESS THAN seven (7) innings in a

calendar day, no rest is required.

• If a player pitches in seven (7) OR MORE innings in a

calendar day, one day’s rest is required.

• There is no game stipulation; only a day’s rest.

PITCHING – 9/10/11 & MAJORS SOFTBALL


PROTESTS


• Protest will not be considered on Umpire judgment calls

• Equipment that does not meet specifications must be

removed from the game

• Protests shall be considered only when based on:

– The violation or interpretation of a playing rule

– The use of an ineligible pitcher

– The use of an ineligible player

NOTE: A team’s failure to meet mandatory play

requirements is also a basis for protest



EJECTIONS

• Any Manager, Coach or Player ejected from a game

will be suspended for the next physically played game

• Ejections will be noted in the tournament team’s

affidavit on the team note page

• Entry should include member’s name, date

ejected and will be signed by the Tournament

Director or District Administrator


WEATHER

• Check your local weather or go to the district

website before going to your game

(http://VADistrict7.org)

• The District Staff will notify all Tournament Directors

of any severe weather or weather alerts during

tournament play

• Do not assume a game is cancelled unless you have

been contacted by the tournament director or District

7 Staff


WEATHER

• If lightning is observed or thunder is heard, the game will

be immediately suspended and the field cleared

• All players, managers and coaches will be sent to a safe

area or their vehicles as directed by the TD

• Dugouts are not considered “safe areas” during lightning

• The game will remain suspended for 30 minutes

– Each subsequent lighting flash or thunder resets the clock

• If directed to your vehicles, do not leave the tournament

site without approval from the TD

• The TD will consult with the Tournament Officials to

determine when the game can be resumed


QUESTIONS


Pitch-In-For

Baseball/Softball

This year we will be collecting New/Slightly Used

Baseball and Softball Equipment for donation to PIFB

during our District Tournaments

Please bring any new or slightly used

serviceable equipment to any of your

District Tournaments as a donation

About every other year, the Virginia State Little League Association

The 16 Virginia Little League Districts

Collects new or slightly used equipment to donate to PIFB

This equipment is distributed to other unfortunate Little League organizations

around the globe that have been met with situations affecting their organizations

Visit PIFB.org for further information

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