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Morton Memorial Classic - 2010
Ages U-9, U-11, & U-13
May 28-30, 2010
$250
All Coaches please check in with the Tournament Director (under the tent located in the center of the complex) before your 1st game.
*General Tournament Information*
The MYBA (Morton Youth Baseball Association) is hosting this tournament at the Westwood Park Complex on Veterans Road in Morton, Illinois. The complex has six fields total, five of which have grass infields. The facility also has bathrooms, drinking fountains, a pavilion, playground equipment, two batting cages (one indoor), and a concession stand featuring a wide variety of food and snack items. We will also being grilling throughout the entire tournament.
The format for the tournament games will be pool play. The Championship Round will be single elimination. Each team will play a minimum of three games unless weather or unforeseen circumstances forces changes to the tournament schedule. The MYBA will award individual trophies for 1st and 2nd place.
We will not be charging a gate fee for the tournament. We will have a full service concession stand, so please no food, beverage, or coolers allowed in the complex. The players can bring individual jugs of water for their own use. Please comply with these rules. All money made on this tournament will go back into the complex and youth baseball.
*Facility Rules*
• Please park in the designated parking lot located at the end of the driveway at the East end of the facility. Please do not park along the driveway on the east, in posted areas, or along Veterans Road. If you have a special needs parking request or need special assistance please notify us in advance or see a tournament official.
• We have limited bleacher seating. Please bring lawn chairs for your convenience.
• Please do not hit or play soft toss on the grass in the outfield. We also prohibit any soft toss being hit into any facility fence. There is open space east of the concession stand beyond the chain link backstop.
• Pre-game infield practice is only allowed before a team’s first game of the day. It should take no longer than five minutes. Weather conditions or other delays may affect this rule.
• Please pick up the dugout after each game.
• Parents, grandparents, relatives, and fans: Please pick up your general area after each game. Please throw your trash away in one of the many trash receptacles located throughout the facility and in the parking lot when leaving. Thanks in advance!
*Please no coolers or food brought into the park*
Due to the abuse of this policy in the past, we are implementing the following procedures:
• 1st Offense: The team’s head coach will be warned. The coach will have to handle the problem to the MYBA’s satisfaction before play can start.
• 2nd Offense: The team will be forced to forfeit the next game in the tournament.
• 3rd Offense: The team will forfeit all games played in the tournament and will be asked to leave the facility.
*Tournament Rules*
We will follow IHSA Rules, with tournament exceptions as listed below.
• Division Play: U-13 & U-11: The winner of each division, plus a Wild Card team will move on to the single elimination Championship Round. (The tournament format is subject to change, depending on the number of teams entered. Advanced notice will be given in such an event.) U-9: The winner of each division, plus a Wild Card team from each division will advance to the single elimination Championship Round.
• Tiebreakers for Division Winners will be as follows: 1) Head-to-head results, 2) fewest runs allowed, 3) most runs scored, 4) walks allowed, 5) coin flip.
• The Wild Card team will be decided upon the following: 1) record, 2) runs allowed, 3) runs scored, 4) walks allowed, 5) coin flip.
• Championship Round: U-13 & U-11: The remaining four teams will be seeded 1 through 4. The division winners will be ranked 1 through 3 based on: 1) record, 2) runs allowed, 3) runs scored, 4) walks allowed. The Wild Card team is the fourth seed. Seed 1 will play Seed 4, while Seed 2 will play Seed 3. The better seed will be the home team. U-9: The winner of Division 1 will play the Wild Card of Division 2. The Winner of Division 2 will play the Wild Card from Division 1. The division winner will be the home team.
• Base lengths/Pitching Distance: U-9: Base lengths will be 60’and the pitching distance will be 44’. U-11: Base lengths will be 70’and the pitching distance will be 48’. U-13: Base lengths will be 80’and the pitching distance will be 54’.
• Bat regulations: U-13: IESA Rules Apply. U-9 & U-11: There are no length/weight regulations.
• Lineup regulations: U-13: Standard IHSA rules apply. Designated Hitters may be used. "Extra Hitters," or EHs, may not. U-9 & U-11: Coaches may bat as many players as they wish. If, however, a player (or players) is forced to leave the game for any reason, an out will be recorded when their turn at-bat comes up.
• Substitutions: IHSA rules apply.
• 1 hour 45 minute time limit for all divisions. The home plate umpire will keep the official time and call it out at the beginning of the game. No inning will start after said time limit expires. Time starts for the next inning upon the last out at the bottom of the just completed inning. In pool play, if the game is tied at the end of the time limit, a maximum of one extra inning will be played. If the game is still tied after the extra inning, a winner will be determined by the following tie breakers: (1) number of walks allowed, (2) number of walks allowed through three innings, (3) coin flip. The Championship Round will have no time limit.
• IHSA Courtesy Runner rules are in effect. Exception: If all players have been used, the last batter out may be the courtesy runner.
• Run Rule: U-9: 15 after 3, 10 after 4, and 8 after 5. U-11 & U-13: 15 after 4, 10 after 5, and 8 after 6.
• Innings: U-9 & U-11: 6 innings. U-13: 7 innings.
• The game is official after 4 innings if called due to weather. If a game is called before 4 innings, it will be considered a suspended game and play will resume at that point.
• Pitcher’s innings: There will be no limits.
• Balks: U-9: No balks will be called; batters are not allowed to lead off until the ball crosses the plate. U-11: each pitcher will receive one warning. U-13: No Warnings.
• There is no dropped 3rd strike or infield fly rule in the U-9 division.
• Steel Cleats: Only allowed in the U-13 Division.
• The home team is responsible for filling out a game report form at the end of each of game. The report must be brought to the information tent. The score, walks allowed, and each coach’s signature must be on the form.
• Umpire’s rulings are final. No protests. Please support the umpires.
• Baseballs will be provided by MYBA for each game. Umpires will pick up and return baseballs to the Information Tent.
• Each team must have birth certificates for each player on the roster. April 30 is the cutoff date for age in each division. All managers must make player birth certificates immediately available upon request by any tournament director or official.
• The home team will have the official book. Each team’s scorekeeper should check with each other to confirm the score at the end of every inning.
• The MYBA reserves the right to alter the format of the tournament due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
Refund Policy: If weather or any other unforeseen circumstance cancels the entire tournament, each team will receive a full refund— minus any tournament expenses. If a game is played, no refund will be given. A team entering the tournament that chooses not to play prior to start of tournament will only be refunded if prior to three weeks from start of the tournament, otherwise there will be no refund given.
Batting Cages
There are two batting cages located at the East end of our facility. These cages are open to anyone involved with the tournament. If there is no one using them, they are on a “first come, first serve” basis. Teams that are getting ready to play have the rights to these cages as follows. The teams getting ready to play has the cage for 45 minutes before the scheduled game time. No team can be in the cage more than 45 minutes. Please cooperate with other teams so that all teams have an opportunity to use the batting cages. Only coaches may feed balls. Only one player is allowed in the cage at a time. Balls are to be provided by teams using the cages. The recommended pitching machine speed dial settings are located on a chart on the wall opposite the entrance. Please use caution while using the cages.
Contacts
Tournament Directors:
Benji Cashdollar:
Aaron Haning:
MYBA President:
Jeff Nott
(309) 635-1910
Morton Travel Team Coaches:
U-9: Greg Crider
(309) 256-8675
U-11: Tom King
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(309) 309-202-6998
U-13: Aaron Haning
Benji Cashdollar
*For information on whether games will be played call (309) 266-(RUBY)7829.
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