For National AAU Baseball rules, click HERE! Arizona AAU Baseball Local Rules Unless indicated prior to an event, 8-14 year olds will play according to Sporting News Rules and 15-18 year olds will play according to National Federation High School Rules. The only exceptions to these rules are listed below. 1. Age Requirement: May 1st, 2009 will be the designated date to determine ages. Photocopies of birth certificates will be required and should be kept in managers possession the entire tournament in case of challenges. 2. Protests: Will be ruled on immediately by tournament director. All decisions are final and once the next pitch is thrown, team loses right to protest. Only managers may protest. Judgment calls by umpires may not be protested. Upon a protest, a manager shall remit $100.00 protest fee. If the protest is upheld, the $100.00 shall be immediately refunded. If the protest is denied, the deposit shall be forfeited. All protests must initiated thru the home plate umpire before being brought to the tournament director. 3. Game Time: Game time starts during the home plate meeting. 8 to 12u games will be 2 hours long with no new inning after 1:45 minutes. 13u and up games are 2:15 minutes with no new inning after 2hrs. Coaches it is your responsibility to mark the official start time in your score book. Game time will be based off of home-plate umpires watch not your watch! 4. Home Team: Determined by coin flip. Choice of dugout will be given to visiting team. Home team is required to keep the official book. Higher seed is awarded the home team in playoffs and championship games. 5. Official scorekeeper: Must sit in stands or in the vicinity of the backstop. The official scorekeeper cannot sit in the dugout or in the area of the dugout. 6. Tie games: In playoffs tie games will be played out in extra innings using the California tie breaker. (Last batted out of prior inning will start at second base). Game will be played until a winner is determined. In Pool Play a tie stands and will not be played out. 7. Player Minimum: A team must start with a minimum of 9 players but can finish with less, taking outs in the vacant batting order positions. 8. Championship Games: No time limit. Run rule is still in effect. 9. Pitching Rules (Innings per Tournament): 8's, 9's and 10's = 6 innings 11's and 12's = 6 innings 13's and 14's = 7 innings 15's thru 18's = 8 innings One inning can be added in each game after your 4th game (5th game). A pitcher is not allowed to throw extra innings if he has pitched the maximum allowable innings on the last day. Example; a 13 year old pitcher who throws 7 innings on Sunday cannot pitch an 8th inning if his team advances. *Scorecards must be signed by both team managers after the game to verify the score and pitching. *One pitch will be considered an inning pitched. *If pitching rules are violated and the infraction is detected, the situation will be reviewed and consequences may include elimination of team from the event and suspension for the following year, coach and/or player ejection. 10. Metal cleats: Allowed in ages 12 and up. 11. High School bat-weight/length differential: Rule is waived for ages up to and including 14 year olds. 12. Uniforms: Numbers necessary, matching uniforms recommended. Players must use the same uniform number throughout the tournament to help maintain accurate pitching charts. 13. Adverse Weather Or Lights Issues: The Tournament most likely will be played if there are adverse weather conditions. The format may be changed and may include lesser time limits or fewer innings to complete the tournament. Coaches and players accept these conditions when entering the tournament. 14. Decisions: Tournament Director shall have final decision on all tournament questions and issues that deal with rule 13. 15. Refund Policy: There will be a $50 administration fee charged for complete rain outs; 1 game played = 50% of entry fee; 2 or more games played = no refund. There will be no refund given on cancellations within ten days prior to an event. In event of a rain out teams who wish to use their entree fee for future tournaments have three tournaments from the cancellation date to use their entry fee. After three tournaments fees will be forfeited. Once a team confirms on the future date the team can not drop out of the tournament or receive a refund. 16. No Show: Teams that no-show will forfeit their entry fee and may be subject to suspension from competition in future AZ AAU Baseball events including elite tournaments regardless of prior qualification. 17. Extra Hitter: All age groups can have an EH (Extra Hitter) if they choose to bat 10. Both a DH and EH may be used at the same time. Teams in the 9 through 13 age brackets may choose to bat their entire lineup and have free substitution. If this option is chosen, the last out will be the courtesy runner. Ages 14 and up must only bat 9 or 10 with the DH and EH rules. 18. Courtesy Runners: In attempts to speed up the game a courtesy runner may be used for the pitcher and catcher. However, the courtesy runner must be a substitute player and can not run for the pitcher and catcher in the same inning. If there are no substitutes available, and or the team is batting the entire lineup, there will be no courtesy runner allowed. 19. Visits to the mound: Each team is allowed three charged visits to the mound within a game. A charged visit is a trip in which the manager or coach does not remove the pitcher. After the three charged visits are used, every trip to the mound after that will result in the pitcher being removed. An uncharged visit is when the manager removes the pitcher from the mound. This visit will not be a charged visit. Remember, charged visits are cumulative for the entire game. No restrictions on visits per inning. 20. Determining seeding: Wins and losses will be the first determination. All ties count as half a win and half a loss. If we have teams with the same record the seeding will be determined by head to head play. If there are more than three teams who have not played head to head then runs allowed will be the tie breaker. If still tied, then runs scored. If still tied, then run differential. If still tied, then coin flip. 21: Run Rules: 12 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 4 innings, 8 runs after 5 innings. DIMENSIONS AND RUN RULES The following dimensions are set by AZ AAU Baseball however minor discrepancies may occur due to particular field set up at various locations. Example: 9's and 10's may have 45' pitching and 60 ft. bases. 11's and 12's may have 48' pitching. 9's **46' pitching **6o to 65' bases **1hrs45 min **6 innings **9's Championship game: no time limit, 6 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 10's ** 46' pitching **60 to65' bases **1 hrs45 min **6 innings **10's Championship game: no time limit, 6 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 11's or 12's **50' pitching **70' bases **1 hr 45 min **6 innings **11's or 12's Championship game no time limit, 6 innings and run rules are still in effect. 13's **54' pitching **80' bases **2 hrs **7 innings 14's **60'6" pitching **90' bases **2 hrs ** 7 innings 13's or 14's Championship game no time limit 7 innings and run rules are still in effect. 15's, 16's, 18's **60'6" pitching **90 ft. bases **2 hrs **7 innings **15's, 16's, 18's Championship game no time limit, 7 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 8 Year Old Rules: (single umpire for 8 Yr. old games) *6 innings or 1:30 min. No new inning starts after time has expired. *6 innings per tournament allowed for each pitcher. 1 additional inning added for every game after 4. * 40 ft. pitching, 60 ft. bases. *No lead offs, no stealing home. Runner may not leave the base until ball crosses the plate. Runner may advance to home only on hit ball or when forced in by a walk. Bunting is allowed. The ball is dead when pitcher has the ball in the area of the mound. *Batter may not run to first on dropped third strike. *Entire lineup may bat. Last out may courtesy run for pitcher or catcher only.
20. Determining seeding: Wins and losses will be the first determination. All ties count as half a win and half a loss. If we have teams with the same record the seeding will be determined by head to head play. If there are more than three teams who have not played head to head then runs allowed will be the tie breaker. If still tied, then runs scored. If still tied, then run differential. If still tied, then coin flip.
21: Run Rules: 12 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 4 innings, 8 runs after 5 innings.
The following dimensions are set by AZ AAU Baseball however minor discrepancies may occur due to particular field set up at various locations. Example: 9's and 10's may have 45' pitching and 60 ft. bases. 11's and 12's may have 48' pitching. 9's **46' pitching **6o to 65' bases **1hrs45 min **6 innings **9's Championship game: no time limit, 6 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 10's ** 46' pitching **60 to65' bases **1 hrs45 min **6 innings **10's Championship game: no time limit, 6 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 11's or 12's **50' pitching **70' bases **1 hr 45 min **6 innings **11's or 12's Championship game no time limit, 6 innings and run rules are still in effect. 13's **54' pitching **80' bases **2 hrs **7 innings 14's **60'6" pitching **90' bases **2 hrs ** 7 innings
13's or 14's Championship game no time limit 7 innings and run rules are still in effect. 15's, 16's, 18's **60'6" pitching **90 ft. bases **2 hrs **7 innings **15's, 16's, 18's Championship game no time limit, 7 innings, and run rules are still in effect. 8 Year Old Rules: (single umpire for 8 Yr. old games) *6 innings or 1:30 min. No new inning starts after time has expired. *6 innings per tournament allowed for each pitcher. 1 additional inning added for every game after 4. * 40 ft. pitching, 60 ft. bases. *No lead offs, no stealing home. Runner may not leave the base until ball crosses the plate. Runner may advance to home only on hit ball or when forced in by a walk. Bunting is allowed. The ball is dead when pitcher has the ball in the area of the mound. *Batter may not run to first on dropped third strike. *Entire lineup may bat. Last out may courtesy run for pitcher or catcher only.
