Paramus Summer Tournament: Welcome

14U 

14B          

12U 50x70 

 12B

       
• Elmwood Park JBL *
• Fair Lawn
• Glen Rock*
• Maywood
• Montclair *
• Oakland Braves *
• Paramus Spartans *
• Paterson *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ridgewood Raiders *
• Ridgewood Rebels *
• Wanaque
• Wayne Warriors
• Wyckoff  *

• Dumont
• Clifton *
• Franklin Lakes
• Glen Rock*
• Oakland *
• Paterson *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Upper Saddle River *
• Waldwick

• Allendale Thunder *
• Glen Rock *
• Mahwah *
• Midland Park *
• Nanuet Hawks *
• Oakland *
• Oradell
• Paramus Spartans *
• Park Ridge *
• Paterson *
• Ridgewood *
• Ridgewood Rebels *
• Ringwood *
• River Edge
• River Vale *
• Waldwick *
• Wayne PAL *
• Woodcliff Lake *
• Wyckoff  Raiders *

• Bergenfield *
• Bergenfield Red
• Dumont Brown *
• Dumont Orange *
• Clifton *
• Elmwood Park JBL *
• Elmwood Park LL
• Hawthorne *
• Hillsdale *
• Kearny *
• Maywood
• Paterson  * 
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ramsey Gold *
• River Edge
• Rochelle Park *
• Upper Saddle River *
• Wanaque *

11U 50x70

11U 46x60

10U 

 10B

• Fair Lawn *
• Glen Rock *
• Mahwah *
• Maywood
• Midland Park*
• Oakland Braves *
• Paterson *
• Ramsey *
• Ringwood
• Waldwick *
• Wayne Warriors *
• Wyckoff

• Bergenfield Bears
• Bergenfield Red
• Dumont
• Franklin Lakes
• Glen Rock *
• Hawthorne *
• Hillsdale
• Mahwah *
• Paramus Spartans *
• Park Ridge * 
• Ramsey Select *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ramsey Gold * 
• Ridgewood Raiders * 
• Ridgewood Rangers *
• River Vale *
• Wanaque *
• Wayne Warriors

• Bergenfield
• Dumont *
• Garfield *
• Glen Rock *
• Hawthorne *
• Oakland *
• Paramus Spartans
• Paterson *
• Ramsey Select *
• Ridgefield Park *
• Ridgewood Raiders * 
• Ringwood 
• River Vale *
• Wash Twp *
• West Milford
• Woodcliff Lake *

• Clifton *
• Dumont *
• Elmwood Pk JBL *
• Elmwood Pk LL
• Glen Rock *
• Maywood
• Midland Park *
• Paramus Spartans *
• Pompton Lakes *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ramsey Gold *
• Ridgewood Ravens *
• River Vale * 
• Teaneck Baseball Org *
• Waldwick *

9U 

8U 42x60 

8B 40x60 

• Bergenfield *
• Bergenfield PAL *
• Dumont *
• Englewood *
• Franklin Lakes
• Garfield *
• Glen Rock Black  *
• Glen Rock Red *
• Hasbrouck Heights *
• Hawthorne *
• Mahwah *
• Maywood
• Midland Park *
• New City Generals *
• North Haledon Reds
• Nutley American *
• Nutley East Raiders
• Oakland *
• Paramus Spartans *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ramsey Gold *
• Ramsey White *
• Ridgefield Park *
• River Vale *
• Waldwick *
• Wanaque *
• Woodcliff Lake *
• Wood Ridge
• Wyckoff *

• Bergenfield *
• Clifton *
• Dumont *
• Elmwood Park LL
• Franklin Lakes
• Hasbrouck Heights
• Hawthorne *
• Kearny Giants *
• Maywood
• Montclair Bulldogs
• Montclair Nationals *
• Midland Park *
• Nutley American *
• Nutlet East Raiders *
• Paramus Spartans Field *
• Paramus Spartans Teehan *
• Ramsey Blue *
• Ramsey Gold *
• Ramsey White *
• Ringwood
• River Vale *
• Teaneck Baseball Org *
• Waldwick *
• Wanaque *
• Woodcliff Lake *
• Wyckoff  Green *
• Wyckoff White *

• Elmwood Park JBL *
• Hasbrouck Heights *
• Maywood Blue
• Maywood Red
• North Arlington *
• Paramus Spartans  *
• River Edge
• Rochelle Park *
• Upper Saddle River *
• Woodcliff Lake  *

Regular Season

• For 8U thru 12U: 12 games will determine seedings (so have fun, develop talent)
• For 13U and 14U: 14 game season will be used to determine seedings
• Every effort will be made so that all teams will have equal home and away games
• Home team is responsible for supplying game balls
• For 8U through 12U,Home team is responsible for arrangement and payment for one (1) carded umpire for each game. There is no league mandated umpiring agency or fee.
• For 11U and 12U 50x70, two (2) carded umpires are required and the cost is covered by the home team.
• For 13U and 14U, two (2) carded umpires are required and the cost is covered by the home team.
• Standings will be kept: 3 points for a win / 2 points for a tie / 1 point for a loss
• 8B Rules are found here.

Playoffs

• All teams that meet the minimum game requirement (8 for 8U-12U, and 11 for 13U-14U) are eligible for the playoffs
• All rounds are single elimination games
• Seedings are based on points from the regular season
• Playoffs will begin at higher seed field
• The team with the higher seed will be the home team
• Quarter-Finals (when we have field availability), Semi-Finals and Finals will be hosted in Paramus
• Paramus will supply umpires and game balls for all semi-final and final games.

Rosters

• All teams must supply rosters for 13U and 14U by Friday June 3, 2011.
• All other teams must submit rosters by Friday June 10, 2011.  All rosters MUST be supplied electronically to Rene' Miranda using the BCPST Roster Form. This form is the only roster form accepted for the BCPST. If the team manager is unable to do so he/she must find a coach or parent that can provide it on his/her behalf.
• Roster changes can occur until rosters get locked. Changes MUST be approved by a Paramus League Official. Roster Lock Date: Friday July 1, 2011.
• All managers MUST have in his/her possesion, a copy of roster, proof of insurance , and birth certificates for all players
• 17 player maximum (rosters must be carried in team scorebook)
• All players must reside in the town for which they are playing *** NO CLUB TEAMS ***
• Only rostered players can compete in tournament (player must appear in half of the teams games)
• Line-up cards must be exchanged with the full name of player (first name or initials not sufficient)
• Players may be active on one P.S.T. roster only - players cannot be on the roster of 2 teams. A player may be moved from one team to another only if the Paramus League Officials approve the change. This cannot happen after July 4th.
• Roster form MUST be presented to the opposing manager and Paramus League Official when requested. The Official Roster form supplied by the Paramus Summer Tournament is the only form allowed.
• Roster form in manager's possession must be exactly the same as submitted to the league.

• If any roster improprieties are found during the regular season, offending team will forfeit game. If improprieties are found during the playoffs, the team will immediately be disqualified from the tournament.

Lineup - Substitution

• Free substitution / no substitution (coaches discretion)
• There is no tournament mandated rule that requires a player to play a minimum number of defensive innings or minimum number of at bats
• Bat through order (i.e. all players) is allowed / batting only 9 is allowed / batting 10 with an extra player is allowed
• If batting 10, the extra player is allowed to play the field - meaning any 9 of the 10 batters can be on the field defensively at any one time - for 8U through 12U only
• If batting 10 in 13U and 14U, the extra player cannot play the field
• THE BATTING ORDER MUST MAINTAIN INTEGRITY
• If not a bat through order a substitute must take a spot in the batting order
• Players reentering the game must return to the same position in the lineup
• No out is given for batters that start game, but become unable to bat

Pitching Rules - (Specific to the Paramus Summer Tournament)

• For 8U-12U: Pitchers may pitch a maximum combined total of six (6) innings in any two (2) consecutive games regardless of interval between games
• For 13U-14U: Pitchers may pitch a maximum combined total of seven (7) innings in any two (2) consecutive games regardless of interval between games.
• A full inning is charged to a pitcher when they throw 1 pitch to a batter (Warm-up pitches do not count)
• Balks will be called in the 12U (50/70), 11U (50/70) and 13U divisions after one warning per pitcher.
• Balks will be called for 14U without warning.
• For the 11U (50/70), 12U (50/70), 13U and 14U divisions, a runner can attempt advancing to first base on a dropped third strike.
• No pitcher may return to mound after being relieved
• The 3rd visit to the mound in 1 inning must result in the pitcher being removed
• For playoffs, Pitching Passport is required to be filled out or updated and signed after each playoff game and presented to the opposing manager prior to the next round game.  Failure to do so may disqualify the team.  When playoff games are hosted in Paramus, the Pitching Passport must be presented to the BCPST game administrator before the start of the game.  The Pitching Passport is found on the tournament website. 
• There is no "Hits batsman" rule - managers are expected to use common sense

Base-running - "SLIDE OR AVOID"

• A runner will be called out if they do not slide or avoid a collision with a defensive player
• Head first slides are not allowed at all levels in the BCPST.
• For 11U and 12U 50x70 and 13U and 14U, head first slide is only allowed when sliding back to a base.
• Base-running rules for 8U Division:
  • Steals of 2nd and 3rd are allowed
  • Advancement to 2nd and 3rd are allowed on wild pitch and passed balls
  • No advancement past the base you're stealing on overthrows
  • No advancement on overthrows to the pitcher
  • No steals of home
  • No advancement to home on wild pitch or passed balls
  • No delayed steals
  • No Turnpike - batter automatically advancing to second on a walk is prohibited

"Hurry-Up" Rule

• With 2 outs the catcher may be pinch run for at the discretion of the manager of the offensive team
• The pinch runner must be the player that made the last batted out (i.e. 2nd out of the inning)

Equipment

• For all divisions playing 60x90, 13U and above, the bat size cannot be longer than 36” cannot exceed a width of 2 5/8”.   The only differential allowed for 13U is -5 or -3.  The differential for 14U is -3 only. The only composite bats allowed are found on the following link: http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=4155&terms=approved+composite+bats

• For all divisions playing 50x70, 11U and 12U, the bat cannot be longer than 34” and cannot exceed a width of 2 5/8”.   Bats with a width of 2 ¼” are allowed.  Bats with a width of 2 ¾” are not allowed.  There is no limit on the differential.  Non-composite fat barrel bats are allowed.  The only composite fat barrels bats allowed are found on the following link: http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=4155&terms=approved+composite+bats. The only 2 ¼” composite bats allowed are found on the following link: http://www.littleleague.org/learn/equipment/approvedcompbatssmall.htm

• For all divisions playing 46x60, 12U and under, the bat size cannot be longer than 33” and cannot exceed a width of 2 ¼”.   The only composite bats allowed are found on the following link: http://www.littleleague.org/learn/equipment/approvedcompbatssmall.htm.

• 13U and 14U: Metal spikes

• 8U - 12U: Plastic spikes.

Game Definition & Other Rules

• For 8U-12U: A game is official when the losing team has batted for 12 outs (4 innings).
• For 13U-14U: A game is official when the losing team has batted for 15 outs (5 innings).
• If the game is "Official" and is called (darkness/rain/lightning) the game is complete
• All regular season games will be replayed from the beginning if called due to darkness/rain/lightning if not official at the time of the halt
• All playoff games will resume from the point of halt if called due to darkness/rain/lightning.
• All regular season rain-outs must be rescheduled by the managers (if there is a problem in rescheduling - contact your League Director)
• If postponed games are not made up - points will be forfeited
• Age cutoff – PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE FOR CUTOFF DATES.
• Mercy Rule - 10 runs after the losing team has batted four (4) times for 8U-12U and five (5) times for 13U-14U - the home team will complete inning if losing. The mercy rule applies to both regular season and playoff games.
• 8U-12U: Games are six (6) innings.
• 13U-14U: Games are seven (7) innings.
• 13U-14U: Game time limit: No new inning may begin after 2:15 hrs.
• If the score of a regular season game is tied at the end of a regulation game, extra innings are to be played without a limit to the number of extra innings
• If a regular season game is official, tied, and is called due to darkness/rain/lightning/loss of lighting, the game will end as a tie
• Local game time limits may be enforced, but must be discussed prior to game
• For all divisions except the 11U (50/70), 12U (50/70), 13U and 14U, all Williamsport Little League (non-tournament) rules apply unless detailed above
• For the 11U and 12U (50/70) division, AABC rules apply unless detailed above
• For the 13U and 14U divisions, high school rules apply unless detailed above.
• For 8U (42/60), No infield fly
• For 8U (42/60), one bunt per inning
• For 8U (42/60), five runs per inning, unlimited in the sixth inning.