2010 Season High Level Details

Fees:
$25 per person for Active TIC members
$40 per person for Non-TIC members

Regular Season Schedule:
May 5, 12, 19, 26
June 2, 9, 16, 23
June 30 (Off - game to be scheduled if a game between May 5th and June 23rd is rained out)
July 7, 13, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 18, 25
September 1,8, 15

Note: All games above start at 6:30pm except the 3 September games which start at 6pm

Self pitch (women get 5 pitches to put the ball in play, men receive 3 pitches to put the ball in play) and self umpire (pitcher calls safe and out, catcher calls fair and foul).

Year End Tournament: Saturday September 18th, 2010 Milliken Mills Park

16 team tournament format:
Top 8 teams after the regular season play a round robin set of games (Group A1: #1, #4, #5, #8 and Group A2: #2, #3, #6, #7) to determine who plays in the Championship (A Division) Semi-Final.
Bottom 8 teams after the regular season play a round robin set of games (Group B1: #9, #12, #13, #16 and Group B2: #10, #11, #14, #15) to determine who plays in the Championship (B Division) Semi-Final.

Post tournament banquet to be held in the evening of September 18, 2010.

Maximum of 13 players allowed in the field at once if you have 3 or more women in the field at any one time.

Regular Season Fielding Rules:
0 females in the field => 7-0 Default Loss
1 females in the field => Automatic Out at the top of the order, Lone woman must play either 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or shortstop (ie. not catcher or outfield)
2 females, max. of 10 males => Minimum of one woman needs to play first, second, shortstop, or third base. Neither woman can play catcher (ie. only male can play catcher)
3 or more females, max. of 10 males: Minimum of one woman needs to play first, second, shortstop, or third base. Combinations of women to men (3w/10m, 4w/9m, 5w/8m, 6w/7m, 7w/6m, etc.)

Tournament Fielding Rules:
0 or 1 females in the field => 7-0 Default Loss
2 females, max. of 9 males => Automatic Out at the top of the order, Neither woman in the field can play catcher. One or two females in infield.
3 or more females, max. of 10 males => Same rules as regular season

During the regular season, captains must challenge a bat as being illegal prior to the start of a game for a bat to be ruled illegal.

During the tournament, only bats that are considered ASA approved can be used: http://www.asasoftball.com/about/certified_equipment.asp

Each team may add a substitute female player during the regular season (ie. ensure you have 1 or 2 females in the line-up and in the field). Please advise the opposing captain before the game to identify your substitute player. During the Tournament, any substitute female players must be approved by the league prior to game day.

Lastly, and VERY important, for 2010, the league had to sign a no alcohol at the diamond agreement in order to receive our field permits. As such, if your team's actions leads to the league receiving a letter of warning from the Town of Markham, your team will be suspended from the league for the remainder of the season and all of your prior games will be made into 7-0 losses.