{"id":3136,"date":"2009-03-19T10:51:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T17:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2009-03-19T10:54:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T17:54:43","slug":"mentor-novice-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Mentor \/ Novice Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cap tip: <\/strong>Here’s a group taking some concrete steps to develop the game. We encourage support of this novel idea.<\/em><\/p>\n

Freeport Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fast Pitch Mentor \/ Novice Tournament <\/strong><\/p>\n

Format: Date(s), August 1st & 2nd, 2009 – Double elimination -* Progressive pay <\/p>\n

Cost: Entry = $120.00 +* Progressive pay (Entry fee due 10 days prior to tournament date)<\/p>\n

* Above entry fee guarantees team two games, after which advancing teams pay $25.00\/game to<\/p>\n

continue play in the tournament (umpire fees), maximum pay per team will be $220.00 <\/p>\n

Contact: Rich Kunde – 616-765-5338, e-mail – ra1kunde@yahoo.com <\/p>\n

P.O. Box # 101, Freeport, MI 49325-0101 <\/p>\n

DEFINITIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mentor \/ Novice Play – A competitive format designed to develop new pitching and\/or players.<\/p>\n

(Open roster) <\/p>\n

Mentor Pitcher – An experienced pitcher willing to advise and develop new pitching.<\/p>\n

(Open to all classifications)<\/p>\n

Novice Pitcher – One in pursuit of skill and confidence to compete in league or state level play.<\/p>\n

a.) As the primary pitcher, never championed in League or Tournament Fast Pitch.<\/p>\n

b.) As a primary pitcher, never won a game at any state class or level of Fast Pitch.<\/p>\n

(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Novice Pitchers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d must be submitted with entry confirmation for review) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

RULES: A.S.A. except for the following.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1 – Novice pitcher must throw to 3 batters per inning.<\/p>\n

2 – Teams may have more than one novice or mentor pitcher.<\/p>\n

3 – Everybody bats, free substitution, batting order stays same.<\/p>\n

4 – Limit of 3 runs per inning except for walk off hits of any kind.<\/p>\n

a.) This includes singles, doubles, triples, home runs.<\/p>\n

b.) A batters hit with two (2) outs or less, must be played through until play ends, time<\/p>\n

out is called or three (3) outs are recorded.<\/p>\n

Example: Two (2) runs have scored, bases loaded with two out. A single is hit and<\/p>\n

scores two runs lacking an out being recorded and play ends. Result: Two<\/p>\n

outs, the team batting has scored four runs in their at bat, inning ends.<\/p>\n

5 – In a last inning, be it the 7th inning or by time limit, visiting & home team will be allowed<\/p>\n

unlimited runs. (This allows both teams an opportunity to win the game.)<\/p>\n

6 – No A.S.A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153game ending runs ahead rule in Mentor\/Novice play.<\/p>\n

7 – In any event a team cannot field a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153novice pitcher\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (injury, unavailable, no volunteer, etc.), a mentor pitcher\u00e2\u20ac\u009d may start the inning. However, the batting team places runners on base, beginning at first, for each batter that a novice pitcher did not pitch to. (This rule is intended to prevent \u00e2\u20ac\u0153faked injury\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and allow a game to continue.)<\/p>\n

8 – Home team will be determined by flip of coin and considered the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153official score book\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cap tip: Here’s a group taking some concrete steps to develop the game. We encourage support of this novel idea. Freeport Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fast Pitch Mentor \/ Novice Tournament Format: Date(s), August 1st & 2nd, 2009 – Double elimination -* Progressive pay Cost: Entry = $120.00 +* Progressive pay (Entry fee due 10 days prior to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,9,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}