Click on the TeamLink screen below for a voice-over demo on how to enter your final pitch counts and scores.
Reminder: The home team is required to enter all pitch counts for both team and the final score via the mobile application. The visiting team does not have access to the "League Game Statistics" menu as shown below.
IMPORTANT: Pitch counts must be entered first and saved in the mobile application prior to submitting your final score. The "Pitcher Eligibility" screen is working as a guide but you shoud always spot check the tracker and always refer to to MLB Pitch Smart Guidlines for youth and adolescent pitchers.
There is no aspect of youth sports more important that the safety of the players involved. The Massasoit Spring League adheres to the Pitch Smart USA Guidelines. Visit the link to see pitch limits and rest requirements for each age group. While it is okay for a pitcher to go beyond their smart pitch limit in order to finish a batter, the total pitches logged for the game must match the actual pitch counts and the corresponding rest must be adhered to. These rules apply from the first game of the season through the last game of the playoffs. Pitch counts do not "reset" at any point during the season and all counts carry over from the regular season into the playoffs.
Coaches MUST track both teams pitchers and validate counts between innings. This allows the league to ensure coaches are complying with pitch count requirements as well as help to resolve disputes when coaches are accused of over pitching players.
Make-Up Dates:
Game Days:
Requirement:
Responsibility:
If a Town is Short an Umpire:
Situations may arrise where a town can't meet the minimum requirement, but does have at least one umpire present. While the visiting coach can require two umpires, in the spirit of sportsmanship and getting the games in, we encourage coaches to make due and play the game out. These should be exceptions and not standard operating procedure. If a town does only have one umpire available, and the visiting coach chooses to play on, we still encourage this to be reported to the HSL board so that patterns can be identified and action taken to ensure this is an exception and not the rule.
There is a twenty minute grace period for the umpires to arrive, starting from orignal game time. The home team should be in contact to verify umpires are on their way to the game. The home team should verify with any late arriving umpires that they are able to stay for the full game duration (i.e. if they arrive at 5:45 for a 5:30 game, they still need to stay the full two and a half hours, or until 8:15). If they cannot, the home team must take the forfeit. If the umpire arrival is imminent and will take longer than the grace period, the visiting team is allowed to decided whether or not to wait and play they game or force the home team to forfeit. If the visiting team does choose to wait longer and plays the game, then the game results are final - there are no reversions to a forfeit state once the visiting team decides to play.
There is NO flexibility for playoff games. All minimum requirements MUST be met or the home team automatically takes a forfeit and is eliminated from playoff contention. Late arriving umpire rules from above apply to playoff games.
Notification Process:
Make-Up Game Offer:
Notification of Rescheduled Game:
Forfeiture if Game Cannot Be Played:
Extension of Season:
Pitching Rules Governing Resumption:
Notification Process:
Make-Up Game Offer:
Notification of Rescheduled Game:
Forfeiture if Game Cannot Be Played:
Pitching Rules Governing Resumption:
Qualification: All teams in the Massasoit Spring League qualify for the playoffs. Depending on the regular season standings and number of teams, seperate brackets may be created to foster even competition during the playoffs.
The SEMA Baseball Board will meet near the end of the regular season to review the standings and data. Teams may be removed from playoff contention if multiple teams are present in the division from the same town and they are deemed to be unbalanced.
Tiebreaker Rules
If teams have the same record:
Primary Tiebreaker:
Three Team or More Tiebreaker:
Format
Format will be announced upon completion of the league schedule based on number of teams and competition levels.
The team with the highest seed will have home-field advantage during each round.
Game Rules: