2005 Best of The West Rules and Payouts

Managers please sign and return to your site.  This is your tournament waiver.  The Maxim Yankees nor the playing sites are liable for any injuries or any other problems.

Game Rules:

• 30 player roster must be submitted and finalized before your first game.
• Pool play games will be 9 innings (3 hour and 15 minute time limit), there is no mercy rule.
• The championship and playoff rounds will have no time limit.
• Before each game in pool play, the home team will be determined by a coin toss.
• The games will be played using American League rules. 
• The designated hitter will be allowed for the pitcher.
• No running for the catcher.
• No aluminum bats are allowed, only wood and composites.
• An ejection or suspension from a game will force that player or coach to sit for the remainder of the game in which he is ejected and the following game.
• Players must be 17 years or older to participate, unless cleared with the tournament director (Jeff Thomas) and the insurance carrier. 
• All protests must be filed immediately following the game and must include a $50 forfeit fee.  For a protest to be legal, the protest must be filed with umpires before the next pitch or the protest will not be valid.  The final decision on all protests will be made by the tournament directors.  If a protest is upheld then the $50 will be refunded.  If the protest is lost, then the $50 fee will not be returned. 
• There will be no batting practice or infield before games.
• Each team must provide one dozen NCAA D-1 approved baseballs to their respective sites.  The Maxim Yankees will provide baseballs for all games played at Stanford.
• All hats and jersey's much match.  No duplicate numbers. 

Pool Play Rules:

• Each of the three teams will play each other once (two games each).
• If a team is 2-0, then they advance to the Championship round.  The other two teams would play off at 1:30 on Saturday to determine the 2nd place pool winner..
• If all three teams are 1-1, then the tiebreaker will go as follows:
•         The team with the highest (most) run differential will be giving a bye.  The second tiebreaker will be least runs allowed.
•         The other two teams will then play to see who advances.  A coin toss will determine the home team.
•         The winner then plays the team that received the bye.  The winner of this game advances to the championship round.  The loser is awarded the prize for finishing 2nd in the pool.

Championship Round:

• The first game on Sunday @ Sunken Diamond will be at 9 A.M. with the two winners of the NorCal pools playing each other.  The two SoCal winners will then play at 12:30 P.M.  The winners will then play at 5 P.M. for the championship.  The losers of games will play at 4:30 P.M. at Blethen Field (San Jose State) for third place.

Player Ethics and Code of Conduct

All players must be on their best behavior.  Umpires and tournament directors will not tolerate any misbehavior.  Fighting will result in a team's automatic disqualification from the tournament.  Tournament directors have the right to eject a team from the tournament for such behavior.  Foul language and "trash-talking" will not be tolerated.  Umpires will have the authority to warn a team they feel is out of line.  A second warning may result in forfeiture of the game.  It is up to the team manager's to control their teams behavior. 

Payouts will be as follows:

• 1st Place- $10,000
• 2nd Place- $7,000
• 3rd Place- $5,000
• 4th Place- $3,000
• 5th-8th Place- $250