Playoff Rules

Important - All regular season rules are in effect for the playoffs, with only the following changes. If something is specifically not called out here, the regular season rules apply.

1. Only our Spring Season, Minors and up divisions will participate in the end of season playoff tournament.
2. The playoffs will be a single elimination tournament, that starts immediately following the conclusion of the regular season.
3. League standings, and playoff seeding will be determined by:
4. Most Points (3 per Win, 2 per Tie, 1 per Loss, 0 per Forfeit)
5. Head-to-Head (this statistic is not able to be calculated during the season using our website, as a result the standings on the website might be inaccurate. This will be factored in at the end of the season prior to the announcement of the official seeding results)
6. Runs Against (RA)
7. Runs For (RF)
8. Coin Flip
9. During all playoff games, the team that is seeded higher will be the home team and host the game. The home team will acquire the umpires and provide the 2 game balls.
10. Determining home field for playoffs with North/South divisions will follow league point system. In case of a tie, a coin flip will determine who has home field advantage.
11. Once the tournament begins, we will not "re-seed" again.
12. If a team is unable to field 9 players, CALL UP players will be allowed with the following restrictions:
13. CALL UP players must come from a younger division.
14. CALL UP players will NOT be allowed to pitch.
15. CALL UP players will be placed at the bottom of the lineup.
16. CALL UP players must play in the outfield only.
17. Playoff games will end immediately after a game is conceded.
18. All playoff games must be completed to their natural end. In the event a game is not completed it shall be considered a suspended game and must be continued at another time.
19. Score and pitch count must be reported on the MAC website immediately following the conclusion of the game.
20. The championship game and the semifinal games will require two patched umps at the same rate as the regular season, all other tournament games require one. No unpatched umpires are allowed. All minor level playoff games umpires will be paid at the same rate as the Major level.
21. During the entirety of the playoff tournament the costs of all umpires are split between the two teams. Both coaches should bring their half of the cost for the umpire(s) to the game.
22. If a game is suspended due to weather, pitch counts will follow modified continuation rules as follows:​
23. Pitchers who have already pitched and were pulled prior to game stoppage, are not eligible to pitch when the game resumes.​
24. Players pitching at time of game stoppage will record pitch count and can continue when the game resumes. Example - a pitcher has 29 pitches when the game is suspended due to weather on Monday evening. When the game resumes Wednesday, the next pitch thrown will be 30. The pitch count at the end of the game will have to be recorded as 29 + number of pitches thrown in the second game.
25. If the player who was pitching when the games is suspended does not continue pitching when the game resumes, they are no longer eligible to pitch the remainder of the game.​
26. Any other player who has not pitched prior, will follow playoff pitch count rules, based on calendar days from last time pitched.
27. All pitch counts are reset at the start of the playoff tournament.
28. If a team breaks the pitch count rules in the playoffs, that game will be automatically forfeited.
29. Playoff Pitch Counts