BRITISH BASEBALL FEDERATION

The National Governing Body of Baseball

British Baseball Federation – 2023 Summer Cup Event Sheet

Date Of Issue: 31 05.2023

Version Number: 1

1 Summer Cup Rostering Rules

1.1 Rostering:

1.1.1 Teams will be required to complete their rosters on MyWBSC for the tournament before 11:59pm on the 14th July.

1.1.2 Team will be set up with their MyWBSC team login details in advance to the registered email

1.1.3 Players may only be rostered to one team for the entire tournament.

1.1.4 Failure to comply with any of the rostering rules will result in an immediate forfeit from that individual game.

1.1.5 Players under the age of 14 are not permitted to be rostered and to participate, as outlined in BBF’s Senior Leagues handbook

1.2 Rostering Players from a Higher Division / Grading:

1.2.1 A player in a higher division is defined as someone who has played at least six games (three double headers) in that division (Silver: Triple AAA / Bronze: Double AA) in the 2023 season by July 14th

1.2.2 There are no restrictions for teams in the Gold division.

1.2.3 Teams may only consider rostering players from a team one division higher than their own division.

1.2.4 Each team may have no more than three (3) players from a higher division on the field at any given time.

1.2.5 Pitchers rostered and classified as belonging to a higher division are limited to two innings per game between them. (Example: Two (2) players in Silver may only pitch two innings a total between them in one game in the Bronze division).

1.2.6 Pitchers rostered and classified as belonging to a higher division are limited to four (4) innings total across both days.

1.2.7 Teams must submit a list of any players on their roster who will be subject to these restrictions within seven (7) days of the tournament by July 14th .

1.2.8 Failure to comply with these rules will result in an immediate forfeit from that individual game.

1.3 Rostering Players that currently do not possess a grading

1.3.1 Player Grading Requests: Players outside of the British Baseball Federation player gradings intending to participate in the Bronze or Silver divisions must submit a player grading request here: https://zfrmz.eu/skp29whNfrEmBTzPU1jn before July 8th.

1.3.2 Players outside of the British Baseball Federation player gradings that have not completed this process will not be eligible to be rostered as a result will be ineligible to participate.

1.3.3 Teams wishing to submit player grading petitions for those players on their rosters who they believe have a lower grading than what is designated under the British baseball Federation's applied gradings must do so by July 8 here: https://zfrmz.eu/skp29whNfEmBTzPU1jn. This will be reviewed by our Senior Leagues Committee for final judgement. All judgements cannot be appealed

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