BASEBALL

1.   National Federation rules.

2.   Visiting teams will use the field for 15 minutes prior to game start time.

3.   On all levels, typed copies of ground rules are to be given to the plate umpire and the visiting coach.  

4.   All coaches on all levels are required to present lineup cards to the plate umpire and opposing coach.

5.   Games are to be seven innings.

6.   Incomplete league games shall be replayed as new games on the next available date.  A tie game that lasts through regulation is a suspended game and shall be continued from the point of  suspension as in Rule 4, Article 4.  Should the suspended game be the first game of a two-game series or the first or second game of a three-game series, play will resume on the date of the next scheduled game of the series, prior to the scheduled game, even if the game is on the opposite site from the original game.  Should the suspended game be the final game of a series, play will resume at the same site on the next available date.

7.   In the implementation of the next available date policy in baseball, league games will take precedence over non-league games after the second week of the league schedule.

                                        Section XI Tournament
Qualifying
All teams with league records of .500 qualify.

Tournament Rules
1.   Double elimination (one-year experiment 2007-08 school year)  (Approved 1/11/08).
      There will be no Large School and Small School Championship.

2.   The highest seeded team in all rounds will be home team except in the finals.

3.   The team progressing the farthest in each classification will be the Section XI  qualifier for the NYSPHSAA tournament in that class.

4.   Schools will furnish three balls per game.

5.   Schools will pay officials through the third round of the tournament.

6.   In any round, all games must be played on the same day and shall be seven full innings.

7.   Any interrupted game will be continued from the point the game was stopped.

8.   The following baseballs shall be recognized for tournament play:  Rawlings RON or  ROA, Wilson A1010, Diamond D1 or D2.

Protest Committee:  The site chairman will appoint a protest committee of three people for each game.  A protest in any game must be lodged immediately, as prescribed in the Section XI rules. Play will not continue until the problem is resolved.