Tournament Rules 10U-14U
WINTER MADNESS BASEBALL SERIES RULES:
🥎 WINTER MADNESS Softball Rules
🕒 Game Format
- Games are 5 innings or 55 minutes, whichever comes first.
- DROP DEAD at 55 minutes
- No finishing the batter
- No reverting to a previous inning
- Game ends immediately
- Final score stands — ties allowed
- Round Robin Format
- The second team listed is the Home team
- Example: “Krush vs. Firebirds” → Firebirds is Home
🏆 Seeding for Championship
- Series Record
- Head-to-Head
- Runs Allowed
- Runs Scored
- Coin Flip (if still tied)
- #1 Seed chooses Home or Visitor in the Championship game
⚾ Championship Tiebreaker
- If tied at 55 minutes: Finish the current inning
- Still tied? → International Tie Breaker (ITB)
- Home team always bats last
- If tied after 1 full ITB inning →
➤ Team with the most total runs scored in the tournament wins
📋 Lineup Rules
- Bat 9 players + 1 Extra Hitter (EH)
- Must end with same number of batters and in same order
- If injury and no sub: spot is an out each time
🧤 Defensive Rules
- Free defensive subs
- 3 outfielders allowed
🧱 Live Ball Rules
- Ball off top net: Live, catchable for an out
- Ball off top net/fence in foul territory: Dead
- Ball off outfield fence: Live, not an out
- Ball over outfield fence line: Automatic double
- No home runs
⏱️ Pace of Play
- 2 warm-up pitches per inning for pitcher
- No catcher throw-downs
- 1-minute max between innings (3rd out to batter in box)
🏃♀️ Courtesy Runners
- Required for catcher
- Must be:
- Last batter out, or
- Legal sub not in the lineup
🚫 Other Rules
- No walk-up music
- Sportsmanship is required from all players, coaches & spectators
- Ejected individuals must leave the facility immediately