EVENT DETAILS

Park Addresses

Berkeley Park
3211 Cashwell Drive Goldsboro, North Carolina 27534

Greenwood Middle School
3109 E Ash St Goldsboro , North Carolina 27534

MENS E Div Equalizer

HitSquad is a D team.   All other teas will receive an equalizer

The equalizer will be in effect for Pool Play and Bracket Play

It will be 5 runs, 1 run per inning or an additional Fielder.

Home team WILL be determined by coin toss.

Players and Coaches Please Read

We appreciate your participation in this event.

If at any time during a game in this event, you feel the need to speak with a director, please inform your umpire. He has been instructed to grant your request. This request needs to come from the coach. Do NOT let the game continue. We cannot fix anything after play has continued or a subsequent pitch is thrown. This does not mean anything other than the fact that you will be able to speak with a director. Erroneous rule interpretations may be corrected. Judgement calls are always at the discretion of the Umpire.

Thank you and Good Lick to all of you and Thank you for playing USSSA!
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Banned Bats / Legal Bats

BALLS      Any USSSA Stamped Classic M,Pro M, or Classic Plus balls (any brand) are legal.  No other Balls.

240 Stamp   Old Stamp

ONLY 240 BATS ALLOWED     

As you may know, there was a temporary ban on Suncoast and Juno Bats. They had testing issues the bats were deemed a safety issue

the Juno bats have been reinstated,.........

The SunCoast banned models are listed below

Suncoast | SR12MUCETE
Suncoast | SRM12AASE
Suncoast | SR12MUCE
Suncoast | SRMAASE
Suncoast | SRMAASB
Suncoast | SRMUSE
Suncoast | SR12MUSE
Suncoast | SRMUSB
Suncoast | SR12MUSB

Please understand that "player safety" was first and foremost in the decision to move to "240" bats.

USSSA was the pioneer in bat technology for slowpitch softball and contributes a lot of resources to ensuring there is a balance between performance and safety in equipment. 

Home Run Rules / Courtesy Runner

• Floating Rubber Pitchers will not be required to “toe” the pitching rubber. They may be up to 6’ behind the pitching rubber and within the pitching box.
• Starting lineups  Teams may start with 8 players. Teams starting with 8 or 9 do not have to take an out for the missing players.Teams starting with less than 10 may add up to 10 when available but they must be added to the bottom of lineup

Courtesy (Bandit) Runner

• The Bandit Runner (BR) may be anyone on the roster.
• The BR must be designated before the game begins This is tied to the player and not a position in the lineup or on the roster.
• The BR will be the Bandit Runner for the remainder of the game. The BR may run for anyone at any time.
• If the BR is also in the batting lineup, and his turn at bat occurs while he is on base, his position in the batting order will be an out. If the BR’s “Turn at Bat” occurs and the BR is ON BASE, an out will be recorded for his position in the batting order. There are NO exceptions. His “turn at bat” occurs when the previous batters turn at bat has ended. “Play Ball” or “Batter Up” need not be indicated for his turn at bat to occur. There shall be no other penalty other than an out.
• The BR role may not be substituted. A Bandit Runner may be replaced on the base only by the player he is running for at the time. The Bandit Runner role is then lost for the remainder of the game.
• If anyone other that the BR assumes a position on the base to run for another player and is not announced prior to touching the base as a legal substitute the baserunner at that base will be declared out.

Runner for the Pitcher

• In addittion to the “Bandit Runner”  the pitcher will be allowed a runner other than the Bandit Runner If the Bandit is on base or in jeopardy of being on base when it is his turn to bat. This “pitcher runner” may be anyone on the roster. If his turn to bat occurs and he is occupying a base he will be “out at the plate”.

Time Limits / Pool Play

Time Limits: 

Pool Play   50 Minutes finish the inning     Bracket Play 50 Minutes finish the inning PLUS 1  

We will play 2 Pool Play Games after which Teams will be seeded into 2 seperate Double Elim brackets. The Rec teams will play the Rec Bracket and seeding will be based on Pool Play. The same format for E

Pool Play games that are tied after the last or last  announced inning will end in a tie.

Pool Standing Criteria

Pool Standings Sorted on the following:
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1) Winning Percentage - Descending
2) Number Wins - Descending
3) Number Loses - Ascending
4) Tied Teams (vs. each other) Winning Pct - Descending [Not valid if all tied teams have not played each other]
5) Avg Points Allowed - Ascending
6) Avg Run Differential with a maximum of (100) - Descending
7) USSSA Points - Descending
8) Date Team Entered USSSA Database

Once past a tie breaker do not return to previous