2009 Stan Musial World Series
Tournament Rules*
(2010 Version Coming Soon)
This
tournament will be conducted
strictly in accordance with Official
American League Baseball Rules as
supplemented or amended by the AABC
handbook. Such variances include:
Pitcher
Re-entry:
The pitcher may
be removed as a
pitcher to play
another
position, and
may return as a
pitcher if he
was not removed
because of trips
to the mound.
Uniforms:
Players,
managers and
coaches (first
and/or third)
must be in
uniform. Shorts
may not
be worn.
Home
Team: The
home team will
be determined by
the flip of a
coin as early as
possible.
Dugouts: The
home team for each
particular game will
occupy the home dugout.
First base dugout at SHSU;
third base dugout at Ross
Park.
Pre-game
Warm-ups:
Infield practice
and other
pre-game
warm-ups will be
permitted prior
to a team's
first appearance on
that field.
Byes:
Tournament byes
will follow the
true double
elimination
format as
prescribed in
the AABC
Official
Handbook.
Note: A
forfeit is
treated as a win
and not as a
bye.
Game
Length: All
games will be
nine-inning
games.
Mercy
Rule: “Eight
after Five”,
even in games
where the
championship
might be decided
(new for 2009.)
Rule 203: (A
game) “shall be
legally
completed after
five (5) innings
if the visiting
team is ahead by
at least eight
(8) runs and
after four and
one-half (4 ½)
innings if the
home team is
ahead by at
least eight (8)
runs.”
Sliding:
Any runner is
out when the
runner does not
slide legally or
attempt to avoid
a fielder who
has possession
of the ball and
(is) waiting to
make a tag or is
in the process
of fielding the
ball. The ball
is dead and NO
runners shall
advance. If the
runner’s slide
or collision is
flagrant, the
runner shall be
ejected from the
contest.
Game
Completion:
A game is
legally
completed after
five innings if
the visiting
team is ahead
and after four
and one half
innings if the
home team is
ahead.
Game
Suspension:
Any game not
legally
completed
because of
inclement
weather or other
unforeseen
developments
shall be a
suspended game
and shall
be resumed from
the point of
suspension.
Equipment:
Helmets with
double ear flaps
shall be worn
while batting
and running the
bases. There
shall be no
exceptions. The
use of
protective
headgear
(hardhat) and a
throat protector
while catching
is required and
mandatory. Coaches
on the playing field are
required to wear
protective headgear while
coaching at first or third
base. Coaches must wear
a helmet - it may be a
single-flap, a double-flap,
or a no-flap style
helmet. Failure to do so will
result in ejection from the game.
