Updated 1/16/2008
Division III
American Legion
Baseball
Standard Operating Procedures
The rules below were adopted for all league play. Final
approval at the Jan. 16, 2008 meeting.
Changes from last year are bolded.
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League schedules must be completed and sent to the commissioner by
May 31, 2008.
The Division teams voted to
assess themselves a $100 fee which is to pay for Umpires at the Divisional
Senior, Junior and Junior A Playoffs.
Teams that do not finish
their League schedules, or *forfeit two League games in a season may compete
the following season upon approval of a majority of the coaches and posting
of a $300.00 non-refundable fee paid to the League.
A. A team that did
not play in American Legion Division III the previous season.
OR
B. A team that
played in American Legion Division III the previous season but has a new
coach and or manager and no more than 3 returning players.
·
Players who dual participate (play in another league outside of
American Legion Baseball) must have a dual participation letter completed by
June 8th, approved by the Senior Commissioner and comply with the
dual participation rule to be eligible for post season.
Senior League Specific
Standard Operating Procedures
·
The league schedule will consist of each team playing 3 league
games against each team
within the league.
·
The Divisional Senior will not have a Championship Tournament and
the top teams in league will be the results of the seeding for the regional
tournament.
Since we have no tournament this year the rest of the Senior information
doesn’t exist but will stay in place in the SOP’s for future incase we have
a Senior Divisional Tournament.
·
The Senior
Legion
Divisional
Tournament it will be a 4 team double
elimination tournament format.
·
The
Divisional
tournament host team must pay all
expenses except the umpires.
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If the
Divisional
tournament is rained out without a game ever being played, the league
standings will be used to represent Division III at a regional tournament.
·
If the district
tournament is rained out while the tournament is in progress, the highest
seeded teams with the best tournament winning percentage will represent
Division III at the regional tournament.
Junior League Specific
Standard Operating Procedures
·
No graduated senior may play in any Junior Legion LEAGUE game or
during any
Divisional
playoff games. 18 year olds
(non-graduated senior) can play if they are released from a senior legion
club (Junior Legion feeder teams only), otherwise all kids must be 17 years
old or younger.
·
The league
schedule:
The juniors are divided into 2 divisions; North and South. Each team
within their division will play a home and away game against the other teams
within their division.
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The Junior Legion
Divisional
Tournament will consist of eight teams and will be hosted by Graham –
Kapowsin and they will get an automatic berth, leaving 7 berths left.
·
Junior Legion
Divisional
Tournament format is as
follows: (bracket
click here)
8 team double elimination; the top 4 teams from the N League (Graham –
Kapowsin takes one of the 4 already) and top 4 teams from the S League.
The 1st 2nd,
and 3rd place teams will advance to the state tournament.
Seeding to the Divisional Playoffs for each Junior League division will be
based on the number of teams that finish the schedule and are eligible for
the playoffs. If a division finishes with 2 less teams than the other, it
loses one of its seeds to the division with 2 more teams. If a division
finishes with 4 less teams than the other, it loses two of its seeds to the
division with 4 more teams. If all teams finish the season and are eligible
for the playoffs, each division receives and equal number of seeds as
established at the beginning of the season. (Approved by e-mail vote
4/12/07)
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The
Divisional
tournament host team must pay all
expenses except the umpires.
·
If the
Divisional
tournament is rained out without a game
ever being played, the two highest seeded league champions
and the next team with the higher winning percentage of League games.
·
If the
Divisional
tournament is rained out while the
tournament is in progress, the highest seeded teams with the best tournament
winning percentages will represent Division III at the state tournament.
·
If a tie cannot
be broken by the above criteria, the tied teams must travel to a playable
location and play one game to determine the Division III representatives to
state tournament.
Junior A League Specific
Standard Operating Procedures
·
The league
schedule will consist of each team playing two league
games against each team
within the league.
·
The Junior A
Legion
Divisional
Tournament will consist of the top four
teams from league play.
·
Junior A Legion
Divisional
Tournament format is as follows:
4 team double elimination tournament and the host is yet to be determined.
·
The
Divisional
tournament host team must pay all
expenses except the umpires.
·
If the
Divisional
tournament is rained out without a game
ever being played, the regular season champion will represent Division III
at the state tournament.
·
If the district
tournament is rained out while the tournament is in progress, the highest
seeded team with the best tournament winning percentage will represent
Division III at the state tournament.
*Exhibition team – Can’t
participate in playoffs but games count in League standings.
*Forfeiture of double header will only count as 1 forfeited game, but 2
losses in the league standings.