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GUIDELINES FOR TEAMS ENTERING THE TSSAA DIVISION II STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

  1. The Sub-State winners shall advance to the central tournament site, May 20-23.

  2. Please refer to the "Senior High Baseball Tournament Regulations" in your TSSAA Handbook. Please make of copy of the bracket and schedule for the state baseball tournament.

  3. In the state baseball tournament, the umpires shall be assigned by the state office.

  4. Each participating team will be allowed 22 passes (18 participant passes for players, 2 participant passes for student managers, 2 coach/administrators passes for adults). Passes are for coaches, players, managers, and other members of the varsity team party. Coaches should make preliminary plans for who will receive the designated passes. The team party (coaches, players, and managers) must have passes displayed or they will be charged admission.

  5. The top team in the bracket will sit in the first base dugout; the bottom team will sit in the third base dugout. Upon arrival at the tournament site, there will be a coin toss conducted by the tournament director to determine the home and visiting team for each game. There will be no batting practice at the game site. Teams will enter the field through the gate near your team's dugout. There will be a 20 minute warm-up period for throwing in the outfield area prior to the teams being instructed to take infield. The home team will take infield 30 minutes prior to game time for 10 minutes. The visiting team will then take infield for 10 minutes. The final 10 minute period will be for the pregame conference and final field preparations.

  6. Coaches should have their line-up written out and ready to give to the scorekeeper (press box), opposing coach and umpire during the pre-game conference following infield.

  7. Video taping or filming is permitted as long as the taping or filming is for private use or use by the two schools involved and not for public or commercial use. Video taping or filming must be done from the individual's seat. Individuals will not be allowed to use tripods. A school taping or filming its own game may use a tripod. A school will not be allowed to tape or film a game unless its team is involved in the game. All taping or filming by a school may be approved by the local Game Director, and the Game Director shall assign space, when available, from which to tape or film.

  8. There will be 11 sessions of the baseball tournament. Tickets are $7 per session.

  9. The 10 run rule is mandatory.

  10. The pitching rule applies during all tournament games.

  11. In tournament play, a suspended game shall be continued from the point of suspension unless 4½ innings have been completed with the home team ahead.