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CRANKY PANDA DRAFT IS OPEN!
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR 1st DRAFT!!
Please come to have a good time and know you’re playing a draft tournament!
Some players will be very good, some will be pretty good and some might be novices looking to have fun and meet new people. Please treat your teammates with respect and try to give them a hand if you can. Make new friends with teammates you may never have met before but you may never stop talking to again.
PICK ‘EM UP AND STAY POSITIVE.
Thank you all!
Important Info
6GG Registration opens Friday, November 8th at noon EST and closes Friday, January 10th.
CUT OFFS FOR UNIFORMS AND CANCELLATIONS IS JANUARY 10th.
SKILL LEVEL
When signing up, please provide your REAL rankings skill level in the comments so the teams can be as evenly drafted as possible. We’ll be separating pitchers, upper men and women first and foremost. If your primary position is short stop, you might be separated too so every team can possibly have a short stop.
This will be a truly random draft. Players will be picked one by one live. Date and time will be provided.
HOTEL INFO
Fairfield Inn Myrtle Beach Broadway at the Beach - $69/night. It’s about 14 mins from the field, but in a good location for your trip.
DRAFT UNIFORMS
When you get drafted, you will need to get your group chat together. Pick a manager or spokesperson for your team. We will meet with all the
managers/spokespeople and do a uniform raffle for the order. Each team will pick their unique uniform design. Rest assured, there will be no boring, plain jerseys! There will be a random mix.
UNIFORM PACKAGES
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✦ PLATINUM
$250
Includes 2 jerseys, 1 hoodie, 1 hat and either one fleece pants OR 2 shorts -
✦ GOLD
$200
Package includes 2 jerseys, 1 hoodie and 1 hat -
✦ SILVER
$150
Silver Package includes 2 jerseys anda hat or headband
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✦ BRONZE
$125
Bronze Package Includes 2 jerseys
Rules
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT
WSL rules will apply and any other tournament rules listed
below:
6 Game Guarantee (weather permitting)
3 Pool - 3 Bracket
COIN TOSS WILL APPLY TO EVERY GAME, except 1st championship game.
*if there is an IF GAME, then we will have a coin toss to determine the home team.
APPROVED BATS
USSSA 240 bats , and for those that only play ASA/USA we will allow ASA/USA BATS.
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 spot comes up in the lineup.
We reserve the right to compression bat check at any time.
BALLS
WSL WORTH SUPER DUPER BALLS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH TEAM. 6 men's and 3 women’s balls.
Teams will hit their own balls, specified above. If you lose all the balls or want to purchase new ones they will be available for $8 each.
HOME RUNS
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.
WSL COED LINEUP RULES
1. M
2. F
3. M
4. M
5. F
6. M
7. F
8. M
9. F
10. M
11. F
12. M
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.
3 OR 4 WOMEN MUST BE ON THE FIELD AT ALL TIMES. Any position.
*Based on the number of women signed up, we would like to go 6/4 format, but if we don’t have enough women registered we will adjust to 7/3.
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.
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 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. 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.
COURTESY RUNNERS
1 per inning, per gender, plus an optional Runner for the pitcher, Male for Male, Female for Female, 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.
NOTE: A courtesy runner may be used twice in the same inning if the person needing the runner gets on again (the courtesy runner must also be the same runner used earlier that inning).
RUN RULES
RUN RULES
20 runs After 3 innings
15 runs after 4 innings
10 runs after 5 innings
Run rules are in effect EVERY GAME…pool play and bracket play.
TIME LIMIT
All POOL PLAY games are 55 mins, finish the inning.
BRACKET PLAY games are 65 mins, finish the inning.
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!
NO TIME LIMIT in the championship game or games.
Females can play anywhere on the field. No outfield co-ed line will be used.
If you play 5 man infield you must be on the dirt.
You cannot change during the inning.
If you want to play 5 man you must start that inning that way, and finish it that way.
YOU CANNOT THROW THE BATTER OUT AT FIRST ON A BASE HIT FROM THE OUTFIELD, male or female, unless that runner has rounded first and you’re trying to get them going back to the bag.
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.
Female on deck batters must CLEARLY be the next player up to
bat, and in the on-deck area. If a female batter is on deck and is not visible and the male batter in front of her is walked, the male batter will only be awarded 1st base, and the female batter must hit.
ROSTER ADDITIONS
Absolutely NO additions/pickups will be made to any roster unless the tournament director adds them. In the event a player drops leading up to within 10 days of the event, the tournament director will make the best attempt to fill the empty roster spot with someone who is on the waiting list. However, if unsuccessful, that team will play less than 1 player.
INJURED PLAYERS
INJURED PLAYERS
In the event a player is severely injured during the game and cannot continue the rest of the tournament, that spot in the lineup will be an automatic out the 1st time that spot returns to an AB, then skipped each AB thereafter with no penalty. The player may NOT return at any time and is ruled out.
If a team or injured player wishes to have the injured player continue playing later that game or later games of the tournament, the player must remain in the lineup and take an out for each AB they miss.
If a team drops to LESS than 10, the Tournament Director will make best effort to assign a replacement sub(someone who has not played on a team yet or is out of the tournament and has the same or lesser player score number) if available.
AWARDS/PRIZES
If you or your team wins an award/prize, you must be on the current active roster to claim. If you no-showed at any point, you'll be removed from the roster and forfeit any award/prize. If you leave the tournament early or are injured and cannot finish the tournament you risk losing any award or prize you may have qualified for.
BAT FLIPS / BAT THROWING
ABSOLUTELY NO BAT FLIPPING OR THROWING!
1 rotation is considered a bat flip whether it be above the head or to the side . DO NOT BAT FLIP, it will be a dead ball out and EJECTION
for that game. If you THROW A BAT IN ANGER, you will be EJECTED, and possibly removed from the tournament.
DO NOT THROW YOUR BAT !!
DUGOUT RULES
Players and equipment outside the dugout become dead balls if hit . If you’re hitting and anything or anyone outside your dugout get hit by a live ball, YOUR LEAD RUNNER IS OUT!
It the defending team hits someone or something outside their dugout with a live ball then there will be a dead ball called and all runners advance 1 base.
IMPROPER CONDUCT
Improper conduct by players on the field is grounds for a game ejection, including arguing with the umpires.
We have a zero-tolerance policy regarding fighting. Any players involved in any physical altercation will be immediately ejected from the game and disqualified from the tournament.
Unruly fans may also result in a park ejection. Please, as players and/or fans, attend the games with respect and sportsmanship.
No excessive noise making devices will be allowed by fans or players (i.e. Whistles, Horns, etc.). Umpire and/or tournament director(s) reserve all rights to ask noise to stop or result in game/park ejection.
NO ALCOHOL OR WEED IS ALLOWED INSIDE THE COMPLEX. The County does not allow it and we will have to enforce it. Please respect that. You can and will be asked to leave the park.
NO ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES !!!
PLAYER EJECTIONS
If a player is ejected from a game, that spot in the lineup will incur an out for each time it comes to bat in the lineup for that game.
Players are allowed to return the next game. However, all ejections will be reported to tournament director(s) and tournament director(s) will decide if that player will be removed from the tournament.
WEATHER
Tournament director reserves all rights to modify any game to a 1-pitch, shorten game times, eliminate games and/or brackets in the event of time constraints due to weather to help assure a champion.
In the event of bad weather or acts of God that are out of our hands that force a tournament cancellation, no refunds will be given as each player will have received a uniform package.
In addition, if tournament cancellation is announced between the tournament start and just before the finish of play-in games, we will decide who the champions are based on records, head to head or run differential, so we can award all prizes due.
PITCHING
WSL pitching rules with no faking or juking. 4-10ft
Start 1-1 count WITH A FREE FOUL
We play 50’ feet but allow 5’ behind rubber but one foot must be in the marked box.
Also pitcher must start facing hitter. Must Present the ball and arm motion must be straight back and then straight forward without a pause or any pump fakes.
All pitchers MUST wear a mask or helmet - NO EXCEPTIONS!