| MATT KADING MEMORIAL APBA LEAGUE | MESSAGE BOARD | ||||||||
| Rule 2.00 | |||||||||
| .... An Infield Fly is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, | |||||||||
| when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who | |||||||||
| stations himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule. | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||
| When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an Infield Fly, the umpire shall immediately declare "Infield Fly" for the benefit of | Updated 8/17/24 | ||||||||
| the runners. If the ball is near the baselines, the umpire shall declare "Infield Fly, if Fair." | |||||||||
| The ball is alive and runners may advance at the risk of being caught, or retouch and advance after the ball is touched, the same on any | |||||||||
| fly ball. If the hit becomes a foul ball, it is treated the same as any foul. | |||||||||
| If a declared Infield Fly is allowed to fall untouched to the ground, and bounces foul before passing first or third base, it is a foul ball. If | |||||||||
| a declared Infield Fly falls untouched outside the baseline, and bounces fair before passing first or third base, it is an Infield Fly. | |||||||||
| On the Infield Fly rule the umpire is to rule whether the best could ordinarily been handled by an infielder- not by some arbitrary | |||||||||
| limitation such as the grass or base lines. The umpire must rule also that a ball is an Infield Fly, even if handled by an outfielder, if, in the | |||||||||
| umpire's judgment, the ball could have been as easily handled by an infielder. The Infield Fly is in no sense to be considered an appeal play | |||||||||
| I. PLAYOFF SEEDING | |||||||||
| A. The seeds are determined by records. Best record gets best seed. | |||||||||
| 1. Seeding in the event of a tie: | |||||||||
| A. Best winning percentage against the other teams in the tie. | |||||||||
| B. Best winning percentage within the division | |||||||||
| C. Best winning percentage within the division after 81 games | |||||||||
| D. Outcome of game 81 is used | |||||||||
| E. Outcome of game 80 is used | |||||||||
| F. Outcome of game 79 is used, etc. until the tie is broken. | |||||||||
| II. PLAYOFF SERIES | |||||||||
| A. The first round of the playoffs for each division will be 3 games with the higher seed as the home team for each game. The higher | |||||||||
| seed will be the host for the entire series. | |||||||||
| 1. The 3 seed plays the 6 seed. | |||||||||
| 2. The 4 seed plays the 5 seed. | |||||||||
| B. The second round of the playoffs for each division will be a 7 game series with a 2-3-2 format. The higher seed is the home team for | |||||||||
| each 2 game set. The higher seed will be the host for the entire series. | |||||||||
| 1. The 1 seed plays the winner of the 4-5 seed series. | |||||||||
| 2. The 2 seed plays the winner of the 3-6 seed series. | |||||||||
| C. The third round of the playoffs for each division will be a 7 game series with a 2-3-2 format. The higher seed is the home team for | |||||||||
| each 2 game set. The higher seed will be the host for the entire series. | |||||||||
| D. The final round of the playoffs (Kading Championship Series) will be a 7 game series with a 2-3-2 format. The team with the home field | |||||||||
| advantage will be the home team for each 2 game set and will host the entire series. | |||||||||
| 1. Determine the team with home field advantage in the final round. | |||||||||
| A. Better record during the regular season. | |||||||||
| B. Better head to head record among the final two teams. | |||||||||
| C. Better winning percentage within their own division. | |||||||||
| D. Better winning percentage within their own division after 81 games. | |||||||||
| E. Outcome of game 81 is used. | |||||||||
| F. Outcome of game 80 is used. | |||||||||
| F. Outcome of game 79 is used, etc. until a tie is broken. | |||||||||
| E. There is a one day travel day after the regular season and between each series. | |||||||||
| III. PLAYOFF ROSTERS | |||||||||
| A. Any overused position player (games, stolen bases) during the regular season is not eligible to participate in the playoffs. | |||||||||
| B. An overused starting pitcher may not pitch as a starter nor as a reliever in the playoffs. | |||||||||
| C. An overused relief pitcher may not pitch as a starter nor as a reliever in the playoffs. | |||||||||
| D. Each team is limited to 26 players on the playoff roster | |||||||||
| E. Each team must have between 9 and 13 pitchers on the playoff roster | |||||||||
| F. Each team must have at least 2 players for every position on their playing roster at all times with a minimum of 11 position players | |||||||||
| G. Team rosters may change between playoff series, but must be the same during any individual playoff series | |||||||||
| H. A team will lose a roster spot should they not be able to have more than one player eligible at a position. | |||||||||
| I. Each team must have a grade 1, 2 or 3 reliever on the roster. That pitcher may not be voluntarily removed from the game. | |||||||||
| The pitcher must be removed from the game should he give up 8 runs unless there is no other reliever available.. In that case, he stays. | |||||||||
| You may downgrade an unused playoff eligible starting pitcher or unused eligible relief pitcher to a grade 3. | |||||||||
| J. If a team needs a certain position covered in the playoffs, then the Commissioner will choose a player and that player will have | |||||||||
| all 13s (strikeouts) on his player card with the worst possible defensive rating. The player will maintain their speed and infield/outfield | |||||||||
| arm rating. | |||||||||
| K. If a team does not have enough playoff eligible starting pitchers, then the Commissioner will choose a starting pitcher and that pitcher | |||||||||
| will have a 1WM, WP3, MF0 rating. | |||||||||
| IV. PLAYOFF ROTATIONS | |||||||||
| A. Teams may use a 4-man rotation since 4 days rest is required between playoff starts. In the first round, teams may only need | |||||||||
| 3 starting ptichers on the roster. | |||||||||
| B. The regular season starts may not allow certain pitchers to pitch in the first round. | |||||||||
| C. Each team's starting pitchers are NOT necessarily rested before each series depending on the length of the previous series. | |||||||||
| D. The starting pitchers must be announced before the lineups are loaded. | |||||||||
| V. PLAYOFF USAGE AVAILABILITY | |||||||||
| A. Starting ptichers | |||||||||
| 1. A SP with 100+ eligible KADING IP can start 2 games in a series | |||||||||
| 2. A SP with 81-99 eligible KADING IP can start 1 game in a series | |||||||||
| 3. A SP with less than 81 eligible KADING IP can NOT start in a series | |||||||||
| B. Relief pitchers | |||||||||
| 1. A RP with 59+ KADING IP is allowed 7 innings per series | |||||||||
| 2. A RP with 50-58 KADING IP is allowed 6 innings per series | |||||||||
| 3. A RP with 42-49 KADING IP is allowed 5 innings per series | |||||||||
| 4. A RP with 34-41 KADING IP is allowed 4 innings per series | |||||||||
| 5. A RP with 25-33 KADING IP is allowed 3 innings per series | |||||||||
| 6. A RP with 20-24 KADING IP is allowed 2 innings per series | |||||||||
| 7. A RP with grades 1,2 or 3 are not restricted by IP | |||||||||
| C. Special pitchers | |||||||||
| 1. A full time (100+ ip) Starting pitcher's relief grade will be the same as their start grade unless they pitched over 20 innings of relief (in which case | |||||||||
| they will receive their relief grade unless it is lower than their start grade. If the relief grade is lower than the start grade, then they will get the | |||||||||
| start grade in relief). | |||||||||
| 2. A SP with 100+ eligible KADING IP that won't be used in the playoffs as a SP may be used in relief (7 innings per series) at his SP grade | |||||||||
| D. Position players | |||||||||
| 1. A player with 81+ eligible KADING games may start each game | |||||||||
| 2. A player with 30-80 eligible KADING games may not play defense nor DH prior to the 7th inning of any game unless there is an injury or ejection . | |||||||||
| 3. A player with less than 30 KADING games may not play in the playoffs. | |||||||||
| 4. Stolen base restrictions for each playoff series | |||||||||
| A. players with 0 to 12 KADING SB attempts are limited to 1 SB attempt | |||||||||
| B. players with 13-20 KADING SB attempts are limited to 2 SB attempts | |||||||||
| C. players with 21-29 KADING SB attempts are limited to 3 SB attempts | |||||||||
| D. players with 30-37 KADING SB attempts are limited to 4 SB attempts | |||||||||
| E. players with 38-45 KADING SB attempts are limited to 5 SB attempts | |||||||||
| F. players with 46-54 KADING SB attempts are limited to 6 SB attempts | |||||||||
| G. players with 55-62 KADING SB attempts are limited to 7 SB attempts | |||||||||
| H. players with 63-70 KADING SB attempts are limited to 8 SB attempts | |||||||||
| I. players with 71-79 KADING SB attempts are limited to 9 SB attempts | |||||||||
| J. players with 80-87 KADING SB attempts are limited to 10 SB attempts | |||||||||
| K. players with 88+ KADING SB attempts are limited to 11 SB attempts | |||||||||
| VI. GAME PLAY | |||||||||
| A. Responsibliites | |||||||||
| 1. All games must be played against another league manager. | |||||||||
| 2. It is the responsibility of both managers to make sure that the games are played on time. | |||||||||
| 3. The pfile must be sent to the Commissioner | |||||||||
| B. Rainouts | |||||||||
| 1. If a rainout is an official game per MLB regular season rules, then there is no replay even though new MLB playoffs require all games | |||||||||
| must play at least 9 innings. | |||||||||
| 2. If a rainout is NOT an official game per MLB regular season rules, then the game simply starts over as though the game was never played. | |||||||||
| C. Injuries/Ejections | |||||||||
| 1. Any injuries or ejections are for the game in progress only | |||||||||
| 2. Any injury or ejection that happens before the leadoff batter in the top of 1st inning has a play result will require that the game must start over | |||||||||
| 3. Any injury or ejection or key stroke error that results in a team not having anyone available to play a position, then the team should attempt | |||||||||
| to make the most logical substitution possible. Contact the commissioner should both managers not agree on the most logical substitution. | |||||||||
| 4. In the event of an injury or ejection, any 30-80 game position player may be used to replace the injured or ejected player even if there is an 81+ | |||||||||
| player on the bench. | |||||||||
| D. Offense | |||||||||
| 1. Hit and Run play. | |||||||||
| A. Any non-pitcher may attempt a hit and run. | |||||||||
| B. The hit and run play may not be used with 2 outs. | |||||||||
| 2. The squeeze may only be attempted once per game. A foul ball, for example, counts as an attempt. | |||||||||
| 3. Any pitcher may be used as a pinch runner. | |||||||||
| 4. The designated hitter may be used. | |||||||||
| 5. Pitchers are not allowed to pinch hit (2 way players are exempt from this rule). | |||||||||
| E. Defense | |||||||||
| 1. Players may not play a position not listed for them on the website unless an injury or ejection requires it | |||||||||
| 2. Any event that results in a team have not having anyone available to play a position, then the team should attempt to make the most | |||||||||
| logical substitution possible. Contact the commissioner should both managers not agree on the most logical substitution. | |||||||||
| F. Pitching | |||||||||
| 1. A pitcher must be removed after allowing 8 runs | |||||||||
| G. Starting Pitching | |||||||||
| 1. Starting pitchers must pitch to at least 3 batters before being removed | |||||||||
| 2. Any starting pitcher may be removed after a rain delay regardless of the situation. (over rides Rule VI.G.1) | |||||||||
| 3. Starting pitchers are limited to 10 innings in any single game except a SP with a no hitter may pitch until a hit is allowed | |||||||||
| 4. Starting pitchers may not pitch in relief in the same series | |||||||||
| H. Relief Pitching | |||||||||
| 1. Grade 1-3 relievers are not limited by innings pitched in a single game | |||||||||
| 2. Grade 4 or higher relievers may not pitch more than 3 innings in a game | |||||||||
| 3. A relief pitcher must pitch to at least 3 batters or complete the inning in progress prior to being removed (unless there is an injury or ejection) | |||||||||
| 4. If a pitcher is mistakenly entered into the game, then the pitcher must intentionally walk the 1st batter and leave the game | |||||||||
| 5. No position player may be used in relief unless the team has run out of relievers | |||||||||
| 6. Any relief pitcher may be removed after a rain delay regardless of the situation (over rides Rule VII. I. 3) | |||||||||
| 7. Overusage of a RP does not carry to the next series | |||||||||
| I. Protests | |||||||||
| 1. Any rule infraction may result in a game protest but let's use common sense | |||||||||
| 2. Protested games must be played in its entirety prior to filing a protest. | |||||||||
| 3. A protest must be ruled on prior to the start of the next game. | |||||||||
| 4. Commissioner will rule on all protests | |||||||||
| 5. An over usage may result in a game protest. In the event of no protest, then the over used player is deemed injured (ineligible) | |||||||||
| for the remainder of that playoff series. | |||||||||
| VII. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE | |||||||||
| 10/1 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/2 1st round- game 1 (pitchers that started games on September 28, 29 and 30 are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/3 1st round- game 2 (pitchers that started games on September 29, 30 and October 2 (rd1, gm1) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/4 1st round- game 3 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on September 30, October 2 (rd1, gm1) and 3 (rd1, gm2) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/5 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/6 2nd round- game 1 (pitchers that started games on October 2 (rd1, gm1), 3 (rd1, gm2) and 4 (rd1, gm3) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/7 2nd round- game 2 (pitchers that started games on October 3 (rd1, gm 2), 4 (rd1, gm 3)and 6 (rd2, gm1) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/8 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/9 2nd round- game 3 (pitchers that started games on October 6 (rd 2, gm1) and 7 (rd 2, gm2) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/10 2nd round- game 4 (pitchers that started games on October 6 (rd 2, gm 1), 7 (rd 2, gm 2), and 9 (rd 2, gm3) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/11 2nd round- game 5 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 7 (rd 2, gm2), 9 (rd 2, gm3)and 10 (rd2, gm4) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/12 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/13 2nd round- game 6 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 9 (rd2, gm3), 10 (rd2, gm4) and 11 (rd2, gm5) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/14 2nd round- game 7 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 10(rd 2,gm4), 11 (rd2, gm5) and 13 (rd2, gm6) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/15 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/16 3rd round- game 1 (pitchers that started games on October 13 (rd2, gm6) and 14 (rd2, gm7)are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/17 3rd round- game 2 (pitchers that started games on October 13 (rd2, gm6), 14 (rd2, gm7) and 16 (rd3,gm1) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/18 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/19 3rd round- game 3 (pitchers that started games on October 16 (rd3, gm1) and 17 (rd3, gm2) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/20 3rd round- game 4 (pitchers that started games on October 16 (rd3, gm1), 17 (rd3, gm2) and 19 (rd3, gm3) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/21 3rd round- game 5 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 17 (rd3, gm2), 19 (rd3, gm3) and 20 (rd3, gm4) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/22 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/23 3rd round- game 6 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 19 (rd3, gm3), 20 (rd3, gm4) and 21 (rd3, gm5) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/24 3rd round- game 7 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 20 (rd 3, gm4), 21 (rd3, gm5) and 23 (rd3, gm6) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/25 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/26 4th round- game 1 (pitchers that started games on October 23 (rd3, gm6) and 24 (rd3, gm7) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/27 4th round- game 2 (pitchers that started games on October 23 (rd3, gm6), 24 (rd3, gm7)and 26 (rd4, gm1) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/28 rest day | |||||||||
| 10/29 4th round- game 3 (pitchers that started games on October 26 (rd4, gm1) and 27 (rd4, gm2) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/30 4th round- game 4 (pitchers that started games on October 26 (rd4, gm1), 27 (rd4, gm2) and 29 (rd4, gm3) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 10/31 4th round- game 5 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 27 (rd4, gm 2), 29 (rd4, gm3) and 30 (rd4, gm4) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 11/1 rest day | |||||||||
| 11/2 4th round- game 6 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 29 (rd4, gm3) , 30 (rd4, gm4) and 31 (rd4, gm5) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||
| 11/3 4th round- game 7 (if necessary) (pitchers that started games on October 30 (rd4, gm4), 31 (rd4, gm5) and November 2 (rd4, gm6) are not eligible to pitch at all) | |||||||||