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Wiffle Ball 2024 Tournament!

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Tournament Details

  • Nov 2 onwards every Saturday 2-5 pm EST
  • Ages 9-10, 11-12 & 13-14
  • Registration Fee: $100/Team or $20/Player

All tournaments will be limited to 4 teams and will be played under a ROUND ROBIN FORMAT. The Round Robin format will ensure that each team plays 3 games.

General Rules

  • The tournament director, or his designee, will officiate the tournament games. Decisions of the tournament officials will be final.
  • All players are required to exhibit good sportsmanship. Players engaging in any behavior that the tournament director deems to be "unsportsmanlike" will be removed from the competition.
  • Only players that are on the team roster, and tournament officials, will be allowed inside the gated field area.

Roster

  • Each team will consist of between 4-5 players.
  • All players will bat.
  • Each player must play a minimum of one (1) defensive inning.
  • At all times, one pitcher and--at least--3 fielders will be on defense.

Time

  • Games will be limited to five (5) innings.
  • Games can end in a tie.
  • There will be No New Inning after 30 minutes.
  • Mercy Rule - 10 run lead after the completion of 3 innings.

Equipment

  • Only official Wiffle bats will be used. The tournament host will supply the bats and balls.
  • Only tennis shoes or turf shoes will be allowed to be worn by participating players.

Field Set-up

The field will feature the following:

  • Pocketed backstop for calling strikes
  • Home plate and batters' boxes
  • Pitching plate, located approximately 15 feet from the rear point of home plate
  • Boundary netting to determine doubles, triples, and home runs

Game Rules

  • Pitchers will pitch the ball, at a hitable speed, while one foot is in contact with the pitching plate
  • Pitches determined to be 'too fast', by the tournament official, will not be counted
  • Pitches that land in the strike zone netting, without a swing by the batter, will be called a strike
  • Three strikes will result in an out
  • There will be NO BALL CALLS. Pitches not contacted by the batter and not landing in the strike zone netting will be repeated
  • Based on this rule, THERE WILL BE NO WALKS
  • The game will be played without 'physical' baserunners
  • If a batter puts a ground ball into play and it is CLEANLY fielded by a defensive player, the result will be an out
  • A ground ball that is not fielded CLEANLY, by the first defensive player having an opportunity to field it, will be declared a SINGLE
  • If a ground ball goes beyond the first defensive player, and rolls to the boundary net, the hit will be declared a DOUBLE
  • If a fly ball hits the boundary netting above the DOUBLE RIBBON, the hit will be declared a DOUBLE
  • If a fly ball hits the boundary netting above the TRIPLE RIBBON, the hit will be declared a TRIPLE
  • If a fly ball hits the boundary netting above the HOME RUN RIBBON, the hit will be declared a HOME RUN
  • GHOST RUNNERS (virtual runners) will be used throughout the game and will be managed by the tournament official
  • Each team MUST have a scorekeeper to reconcile outs, baserunners, and runs scored with the tournament official for each inning
  • All batted balls that are caught in the air will be declared an out

Tournament Results

  • Results of games will be one of the following: WIN, LOSS, or TIE
  • The tournament winner will be the team with the best competition record
  • In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by:
    1. Win/Loss
    2. Runs scored
    3. Runs allowed
    4. Head-to-head
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