All World Sports Nevada
Baseball Rules and Guidelines

Team Manager is responsible to bring a legal team to all AWS tournaments. At any time AWS reserves the right to reclassify teams.

Poor Sportsmanship will not be allowed. Managers are responsible for players, coaches, and team spectators at all times: on field, at the park ,or hotel.

A) Profanity of any kind will not be tolerated.
B) Throwing the bat or equipment is strictly forbidden
C) No Taunting
D) If disputes or problems arise, only managers can talk to umpires or director.

Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated! Teams, coaching staff, and spectators may not engage in verbal or physical dispute w/ other team at any time.

Cheer on and encourage your own team and don’t direct negative language towards another team. Noisemakers are not allowed (ie: cowbells, air horns)

All teams must be registered with AWS, have team insurance and have a legal roster on-line at allworldsports.info prior to first event.


Entry/Pull-Out Fees

Rain-Out Policy

• 0 games played: Full Future Credit or 85% refund.

• 1 or 2 games played: Divided the entry fee by minimum # of games played.

• Credit amount is the games remaining. For example, for a $400 4GG tournament
   where only one game is played, the team would be entitled to a $300 future credit

• Each tournament is different depending on cost of event!!

• If the game guarantee is met: No Credit or refund.

• Once a game starts it is considered to be a game played.

• Credit is only good for tournaments run by the same director group.

• All World Sports reserves the right to modify game times, tournament location and or
  structure due to field conditions, time constraints, safety issues, park rental issues,
  or inclement weather.

• All teams accept the above policies and guidelines upon entering any AWS tournament.

All World Baseball Rules
Unless noted prior to the event, MLB Rules will be used with the following notations. ALL World Baseball reserves the right to enforce particular invitational tournament rules. All teams must have insurance, Must be registered with AWS and must have updated on line roster 8u No leading off, no stealing.

1) Age Requirement: April 30th will be the designated date to determine ages. Photocopies of birth certificates will be required.

2) Rosters: May not exceed 22 players,1 bat boy, 3 coaches and 1 manager during the tournament. A player may only play on one team per weekend, not multiple teams on the same weekend. Once you start a weekend on one team you must finish w/ that team. Safety purposes for the ballplayer in question. All rosters must be posted online at allworldsports.info. Rosters will not be frozen unless particular team accepts world berth.

3) Protest Fee: $100 cash due at time of protest.

4) Game Time: Starting time is forfeit time, unless delay is created by AWS, park, or weather. Game time starts at the conclusion of homeplate meeting Umpires will record starting time on official scorecards handed out by AWS.

5) Home Team: Determined by coin flip. Home team is required to keep the official scorebook, along with umpire scorecard. Please check official score every inning. AWS officials will not go back in the game to check score / book. If the home team cannot keep official book they may defer to visiting team.

6) Player Minimum: A team can start with a minimum of 8 players and can finish with 8. No out is taken if starting w/ 8 in the 9th position. If 9th player arrives they may insert in the 9th position and continue playing w/ no penalty. You may not add a 10th if he shows.

7) Championship Games: Add 20 minutes on to time limit(when applicable). Run rules and "California tiebreaker" are still in effect.

8) Pitching Rules: Innings per Tournament for two/three day event.

* Pitching Affidavits - Opposing manager/coach must sign each other’s affidavit after each game. This is the official pitching document for AWS events, we will not go to your scorebook so please fill out nice and clean. Please sign in ink not pencil. This is the official document for inning validation!

*One out will be considered 1/3 of an inning pitched. One pitch is not an inning pitched, you must record an out.

*For pitching purposes any team that plays three games on Saturday – their 3^rd game will be considered a Sunday game so all teams are on a level playing field for pitching limits!!

• In case of disputed play or decision, team managers may consult the game officials.
   The other players, coaches or sponsors are to be kept out of the discussion.

• At no time will any participant be allowed to smoke on the fields or in the dugout
  while participating in an AWS event.

• At no time will participants be allowed to drink or have in their possession any
  alcoholic beverage on the field while participating in any AWS event.

• Managers are to report any unsportsmanlike or derogatory acts by players or spectators
  to the tournament director. The purpose here is to prevent any serious situation
  developing that would be harmful to the tournament.

• Managers, coaches, players, sponsors and teams are liable for suspension by not adhering
  to the tournament rules in effect. This could mean suspension for a game, games,
  tournament or a longer duration depending on the act of violation.

• A player, coach, manager or sponsor may be suspended for fighting, abusive tactics or
  unbecoming acts that are detrimental and not in the best interest of AWS and
  tournament play.

• Teams should be careful of their conduct. There should be no action that could reflect
  adversely on the sponsor, team or division. Teams should remember that the wrong
  actions of even one player could reflect on the entire team and the various
  sporting programs.

• Any report by a hotel or motel management, where any team competing in AWS
  championship play is staying, of destruction of property or abuse of hotel or motel
  property will be dealt with very sternly.

• Team managers and sponsors may not be warned other than through this notice.

• Failure by a team to pay hotel or motel bills can result in team disbarment
  from future AWS play.

• Bounced check fees are $50 (payable with Cashiers Check or Money Order)

All teams accept our ALL WORLD SPORTS Rules & Guidelines
upon entering any tournament.