Welcome to the 2019 Valley District JBO Season!

  

Rain Out/Inclement Weather Decisions:
Please check the comments section of your scheduled game before calling about rain outs. Rain out decisions will be made by the home association by 3:00 p.m. on game days and sooner if extreme weather conditions exist. The home association is responsible for contacting both the visiting association (administrator) as well as the visiting team coach no later than 3:00 p.m on weeknights and no less than 3 hours prior to the scheduled game start on weekends. Two teams playing one another from the same association may make a decision on a game later than the 3pm decision deadline.

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Score reporting:
Within 48 hours of the scheduled game time, the winning team must report the score and pitch count for both teams in the game. Each coach needs to register in order to post scores to games that they are involved with. The team listed on top is the visitor and the bottom is home. Pitch count will be logged in the comments section in post scores area.
To help keep the reporting consistent, they must be entered using the following format:
(Visiting Team Name) #44 V. Garrett-30, #12 T. Stevens-3, #20 S. Bradbury-12 /

(Home Team Name) #4 J. Smith-28, #10 F. Johnson-25, #22 R. Frederick-20 

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 JBO League Pitching Regulations - Junior Level

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Max per Day:85  

Pitch Count/Days of Rest:

1-20  (0 days of rest),

21-35 (1 day of rest)

36-55 (2 days of rest)

56+ (3 days of rest).

Exception #1: A pitcher reaching the maximum daily pitch count limit in the middle of an at bat is allowed to finish that batter without penalty.

Exception #2: A pitcher reaching a day(s) of rest threshold in the middle of an at bat is allowed to finish that batter. The pitcher will only be required to observe the calendar day(s) of rest for the threshold he/she reached during that at-bat, providing that pitcher is removed before delivering a pitch to another batter.

At all levels of play, in a double-header league contest, a pitcher may pitch in 2 games in the same day, provided they do not pitch more than 20 pitches (Midgets/Juniors) or 30 pitches (Seniors) in the first game.

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 Days of Rest:  1 calendar day = 1 day of rest.

 

Example: if a Midget or Junior pitcher throws 48 pitches on Monday, he may not pitch again until Thursday.

Example: if a Junior  division pitcher throws  20 or less  pitches on Tuesday, he may pitch again the next day.

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 Monitoring Process:

Each team’s scorekeeper or designated official tracks the pitch counts. After each half inning, the scorekeepers confer with each other. If there is a conflict, home book’s count becomes official. It is the head coach’s responsibility to know when his/her pitcher needs to be removed. Pitch counts for each pitcher are logged on the game card, which is signed by each coach at the conclusion of the game.

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 The schedule administrator for this division is Matt Holliday

Email: allyandhoss@yahoo.com 

 Please contact him with any score reporting problems; please include Matt in any rescheduling conversations so that he can keep the schedule up to date.

The standings will automatically reflect the up to date placing within the division according to the scores that are posted.

Tie breakers are built in and are:

(1) head to head record

(2) To reward defense, total runs against

(The sum of all runs scored by the team's opponent in all games.

The lower the number the better.) 

(3) Run differential in head to head match ups

(4) Predetermined Coin Flip

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The top two (2) teams from this division will qualify for the District Tournament.

 

Teams from all three divisions will be ranked 1-6 according to record/win percentage with the #1 & #2 ranked teams receiving automatic berths into the double elimination 4 team tournament.

 

The #3 - 6 seeds will play have play-in games with the winners advancing to the four team double elimination tournament.

 

The 2019 Junior American Valley District play in games will be held on July 5th and the double elimination bracket will be played on July 6th &7th.

 

The bracket with times and locations will be posted on the bottom of your league schedule when finalized.

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The Valley League will receive 3 berths into

 The 2019 JBO Championship Tournament which will be held

 July 12th-14th

Hosted by Lebanon @ Bob Smith Memorial Park