• 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. (Note: This terminates the use of a DH.)

• Taking Signs: The pitcher must be on the pitching rubber when he takes the signal from the catcher.

• 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 will occupy the third base dugout.

• Pre-game Warm-ups: Infield practice will only 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 scheduled as nine-inning games.

• Mercy Rule: “Ten after Seven”, except in games where the championship might be decided. Rule 203: A game “shall be legally completed after seven (7) innings if the visiting team is ahead by at least ten (10) runs and after six and one-half (6 ½) innings if the home team is ahead by at least ten (10) 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. Base coaches must wear a hardhat in the coaches box, but ear flaps are not required.
  

• Roster Accuracy: The official roster form of the AABC is the only roster form that can be utilized for National Tournaments. If during a game, a team has a player who is not on the roster enter the game, it will constitute a forfeit.

• Stan Musial World Series Champion Determinator:
  (As determined after consultation with the AABC National Office)
  If Winner’s Bracket wins first game or if no games are played, WB is Champion. If Loser’s Bracket wins two games, LB is Champion.
  If Loser’s Bracket wins first game and second not played,
  the tie-breakers are;
   1. Most runs, head-to-head
   2. Average runs per games played.
   3. Most hits, head-to-head.
   4. Average hits per games played..