Louisiana Summer State Championship

LOUISIANA SUMMER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

TOURNAMENT INFO:

Please read information below to help answer any questions you may have regarding this event.

• Grand Slam will provide 2 game balls for each games. Help retrieve foul balls. 
• Be prepared to play 10 minutes prior to your scheduled game time. 

• Gate fees are $10/daily or $15 for a two day pass for ages 12 & up. 
• All gate fees are non refundable. 
• 13U can only use -5 or -3 bats.  
• 9U-12U pitching is 8 innings for the weekend. No Daily Limit ....13U and older is 10 innings for the weekend. No daily limits. 
• Time limits are 8uCP- (75 MINUTES) 8uKP-12u- (90 MINUTES)
• If there is a discrepancy in the time limit, ask the umpire to stop the clock and call for a director or UIC immediately. This MUST be resolved before teams leave the field!
• Pay attention to your post game score cards and innings pitched for your pitchers before signing the game card. Make sure score is correct! 
• Protest fees are $300 cash up front no exceptions. You get this back for a successful protest. Protest must be done between the 1st pitch & last pitch and it is encouraged to do as early as possible if you think you will be protesting. Protest must be done during the game. 
• Run rules are 12 after 3 - 10 after 4 - 8 after 5
• Extra innings - Last batted out from the previous inning on 2nd base with 0 outs. 
• Head first slides are legal to any base unless a face mask, jaw flap, or chin strap is worn. 1st offense is a warning, next offense is an out. 
• Grand Slam plays by National Federation High School rules...with the exception of rules listed on the back of the score card or corporate Grand Slam website. State Directors have the discretion to modify corporate rules. 
• Teams get 3 passes for coaches. Please discuss with your staff what names will be submitted so there is no confusion at the gate. There will be a team list at each gate...once that team's spots are full that will be all. Coaches will sign in Saturday and Sunday. 
• There is a director at every tournament site. If you have an issue, stop the game and call for a director. We can't help you after the game is over. 
  
• Be respectful to the gate workers. 
• Boom boxes are allowed as long as music is play at a respectful volume to other fields. 

8uKP Rules:

1.  1:30 time limit or 6 innings. When time has expired and a team is mathematically eliminated then the game is over. 

2.  7 runs max per inning

3.  Pitchers limited to 6 innings for the weekend, counted by thirds (an out is a third).  

4.  No infield fly rule

5.  No drop third strike rule

6.  Base stealing is allowed. Baserunners must remain on the base until the ball reaches home plate before they steal.  Once a player reaches 3rd base, the ONLY way they can score is to be batted in or forced home on a bases loaded walk.  A player that steals 2nd can advance to 3rd on the same play, of course he is in jeopardy of being tagged out.  However, if there are runners on 1st and 3rd he can only advance to 2nd since the runner occupying 3rd cannot advance home until the ball is hit. The ball is always in play unless time has been called by an umpire.

7.  If a player leaves a base early, a dead ball will be called immediately and a no pitch declared.  Players will return to the previous bag they occupied and the count on the batter remains the same.

8.  Pitchers mound set at 40-feet and bases set at 60-feet.

9.  Balk rules do NOT apply

8uCP Rules:

1. A regulation team consists of nine players. You have 4-choices for your lineup: (1) Bat 9-straight, (2) Bat 9 with DH, (3) Bat 10/Play 9 with EH or (4) Bat the entire lineup (Continuous batting order with FREE Defensive Substitutions applies). A team must start the game with at least 9-players but can finish a game with 8-players. LINEUPS ARE ONLY COLLAPSIBLE if a player is incapacitated during a game and will not be available for the balance of the event. If you do not have an eligible substitute to replace a player that is injured, ejected or cannot bat for any reason, it is an AUTOMATIC OUT when that players turn comes up in the batting order. The official Grand Slam lineup card must reflect the option chosen and ALL eligible substitutes MUST BE LISTED. If a player is NOT listed on the lineup card, to include substitutes, they will NOT be eligible to play in that particular game
2. Teams can use either nine or 10 defensive players. One player must play the pitching position, and one player must play the catching position. For teams using 10 defensive players, four players must play outfield positions. 
3. Teams must have a minimum of eight players to start and finish a game but must take an out for the ninth player. If the lineup drops below eight players, the game is declared a forfeit at that point with the final score being the score at the time of the forfeit UNLESS the team that has to forfeit is winning the game at the time, in this case, the final score becomes 6-0 in favor of the team that did not forfeit.
4.  Time limit for all 8U CP games will be 1:15.
5. There is a 30-foot safety arc from the back tip of home plate and from the first-base line to the third-base line. A ball must pass this line to be considered as a ball in play (fair ball)
6. Fielders must stay beyond the arc until the ball is hit. 
7. There is a pitching plate 40 feet from the tip of home plate from which the coach may pitch from or a coach can choose to pitch inside the pitchers circle as long as one foot remains inside circle when pitch is thrown. 
8. There is a circle drawn with a 10’ radius with the pitching rubber in the middle. This equates to the front of the circle being at 30-foot, the pitchers plate at 40-foot and the back for the circle at 50-foot from home plate This is a safety area for the player in the pitching position. The defensive player listed as the pitcher cannot leave the pitching circle until the ball is hit. If the pitcher leaves the circle early, the play continues. After the play has ended, the offensive team has the option of taking the result of the play or accepting a no-pitch and ruling of the play as over. If this occurs a second time by the same pitcher, that player is removed from the pitching position for the remainder of that inning. If it occurs any time after that by the same player, then he or she is removed from the pitching mound the remainder of the game. 
9. Each batter is allowed six pitches or three strikes. If a batter hits a foul ball on the sixth pitch, he or she is allowed to continue batting until he or she either does not make contact with the ball or puts the ball in play.   NO Intentional walks are allowed!
10. There are a maximum of seven runs or three outs per inning. 
11. A fair batted ball hitting a coach pitcher is declared a foul ball if the umpire rules that the coach pitcher’s contact with the ball was unintentional. If, in the umpire’s judgment, a coach pitcher intentionally makes contact with a batted ball, the batter is out, and no runner can advance. 
12. Bunting is NOT allowed.
13. Umpires call time after every play and declare the ball dead. Time should be called as soon as all three of the following occur:
14. The lead runner stops attempting to advance. 
15. The ball is in the possession of a fielder in the infield.
16. No defensive play is imminent.

AWARD PACKAGES:

Champions and finalist of each age division will be awarded.

CHAMPIONS: 5-FT Wood Bat team trophy, team champion banner, individual champion rings

FINALiST: Team plaque, team finalist banner, individual finalist rings