WELCOME TO THE 2009 TOURNAMENT SEASON
updated 07/09 @ 10:45pm 81540 hits / Dave Poe, District Information Officer (dave78742112@yahoo.com)
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***SCHEDULE CHANGE - - SCHEDULE CHANGE***
(see "MY SITE NEWS" AFTER ALL NEW SCHEDULE ALERTS)
ALL TOURNAMENT PERSONNEL: Please go to "My Site News" for a special announcment pertaining to injured players and substitution.
STANDINGS: Contrary to popular belief, I do other things other than baseball. Therefore, I can't always wait up until the wee hours of the evening waiting for managers to send me scores. Therefore, I can't update the standings unless I have all the scores played that night for a particular pool. So please, if you are the winning team, email me the score the same night your game is played.
NJHERALD: Coaches can email results to the New Jersey Herald at sports@njherald.com. They are looking for basic information: Final score as well as what district it is, the hitting and pitching stars for each game, when the winning team plays next, etc.
09-08 COUNTY TOURNMANT: The 2009 09-08 County Tournament Rules and Regulations sheet is available in the "Handouts". Managers, please download it. You are responsibile for knowing its contents.
ABOUT STANDINGS: In the posted standings, the eteamz program only recognizes some generic options like wins, losses, etc. It can not discern important items for tournament play like head-to-head and runs against ratio; the key tie-breakers. I can manually adjust the standings, but sometimes I don't always catch the little tie-breakers on a day-to-day basis. I do my best to keep the standings as accurate as possible. If you ever have any questions as to where your team is in the standings, please do not hesitate to email me. Thanks.
10-09 Contacts: are now up in the "handouts" and "my site news".
QUICK RULE NOTE: Tournament Rule 10 replaces Regular Season Rule 3.03. A starter and his/her substitute, married to a spot in the batting order AND both having obtained their mandatory play of 1 at-bat and 3 consecutive defensive outs, may then interchange at will during the remainder of the game. However, they can only both be in the game at the same time when (a) when one is utilized as a special pinch runner or (b) when one needs to enter the game for an injured player and no other players are available. IF YOU RUN INTO A PROBLEM at a game, you have every right to stop the game with a protest no matter what the score is. The head table will be forced to start making the necessary calls.
RUNS AGAINST: For the first time, I'm trying to list the defensive innings for each game. I think the best way to view it is to (a) click on "schedule", then (b) click on the division, and then (c) click on an individual game. You will see the R for Runs. That's kind of obvious. Since we don't track hits per game, that is where I put the defensive innings.
2009 TOURNAMENT SEASON: Just a reminder that every effort should be made to play the games on the dates and times assign. At this point, only weather will cause a game to be delayed or the schedule altered. If you are having a conflict, whatever the reason, you must notify me and Lori. Coaches and leagues are not authorized to change the schedule. Any changes must be approved by the proper district officials.
REPORTING DEFENSIVE INNINGS: When emailing me a score, I not only need the score but the defensive innings played by both teams. The reporting of defensive innings is almost as important as the score itself. Here's why: When teams are tied in the standings, the first tie-breaker is head-to-head. However, this does not always break the tie. The second criteria is the Runs-Against-Ratio or RAR for short. The RAR is a mathematical formula which is the number of runs allowed by a team divided by the number of defensive innings played. If you have any further questions about RAR, please do not hestitate to email me. Thanks.
