Section 12.00 Playoff Rules

12.01 (Includes: Playoff format)

Play-offs will be single elimination format and consist of the (Commissioners Discretion) ? teams.

12.02 (Includes: Playoff seeding)

Seeding for the Play-offs will be determined according to final regular season standings. Should the regular season end with a tie for first place, a special one game play-off will be held immediately following the close of the regular season. Tie breaking system will take affect.

Head to head record
Total head to head runs
Coin flip

12.03 (Includes: Tie breakers)

Where the participants have not had an even number of games between them, playoff seedings in case of ties will be determined on an equitable basis by a committee of five directors uninvolved in that league.

12.04 (Includes: Home team for playoff)

Highest seed is home team.

12.05 (Includes: Start time for weekend playoff games)

All weekday play-off games will start at 6:00 p.m. sharp and will be played out without a curfew (game may be called by the umpire due to darkness)

12.06 (Includes: Regarding changing of playoff schedule or location)

If circumstances require, the League Commissioner may change the play-off schedule or location. Location of play-off games will be determined by league presidents. If location cannot be agreed upon final decision will be determined by Bobby Bonner Youth Baseball League Commissioner.

12.07 (Includes: Playoff rainout or suspension)

(a) If a play-off game cannot be completed before curfew, or if a game is rained out, it will be declared a suspended game and be resumed from the point of suspension at the earliest date possible. (b) For suspended games: All regular league rules will apply as if the game were played from start to finish on the same night. This includes minimum and maximum play rules for fielders and pitchers respectively. (c) In a game that has been suspended a pitcher cannot be re-entered if he has already pitched 9 consecutive outs when the game is resumed.

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Section 12.00 - The Runner

12.01 (Includes Playoff format)		12.05 (Includes Start time for weekend playoff games)

12.02 (Includes Playoff seeding)		12.06 (Includes Regarding changing of playoff schedule or location)

12.03 (Includes Tie breakers)		12.07 (Includes Playoff rainout or suspension)

12.04 (Includes Home team for playoffs)

BBYTL General Conduct Expectations	Section 1.00 Objectives of The Game	Section 2.00 Definition of Terms	Section 3.00 Game Preliminaries	Section 4.00 Starting / Ending a Game

About Bobby Bonner	Section 5.00 Putting Ball in Play / Live Ball	Section 6.00 The Batter	Section 7.00 The Runner	Section 8.00 The Pitcher

The Top 40 Baseball Rule Myths	Section 9.00 The Umpire	Section 10.00 The Official Scorer	Section 11.00 General League Rules	Section 1 2.00 Playoff Rules

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