Regular Season Play, Appendix 1 - By-Laws of the WOBA, WOBA Handbook (Western Ontario Baseball Association)

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(2) Regular Season Play (All games with any WOBA team of same age group)

a.    Every WOBA registered player shall participate equally with their local league team.   Extenuating circumstances such as injuries, discipline, employment, and vacation are excepted.  The WOBA may consider special circumstance requests.

ii   WOBA player eligibility rules applying for league’s end of year tournament play whereby a player shall participate only if they have participated in a minimum of 7 league games with their rostered WOBA league team, or a local league team at the same series or their local league team one series higher.

iii     The requirement to play OBA REP and to qualify as an OBA REP player, a player must be registered with a WOBA league team, be a player in good standing and participate to meet player eligibility with their rostered WOBA league team.  Any player who has not met criteria shall not be eligible for participation at Provincial Championships.

 

b.   The WOBA league will comprise of all players mosquito and above, playing in a one loop system. Locals with more than one league team at a division are to divide their teams in one of two ways;

i)  Equally talent-wise; or

ii)  Major and minor age

Locals with more than two teams at a division may divide their teams by forming a major and/or minor team and then dividing the rest of their players equally talent-wise among the remaining teams.

c.    The WOBA Major Rookie league will comprise of the following loops—OBA, 9u

i)      OBA rostered 9U teams play in the OBA loop. Select rostered 9U teams must play in the OBA loop. Games played in this loop would account toward the League’s minimum commitment.

ii)     The remainder of the 9U teams will play in the 9U Loop. If a Center has three teams and does not have an OBA/Select Team, they may enter all three teams in the 9U Loop. NOTE: Locals must follow WOBA rule Appendix 1, Registration of Teams and Players, 1(h) if they deviate from this format.

 

d.   Where there are 2 teams in a series within an association it is permissible for a coach to draw from the other team’s roster provided that a maximum of 11 are playing.  The other team must be notified of who the drawn players are.  These players are not allowed to pitch.

 

e.   The home team is designated to reporting the game score within 2 days of the game via the OneDB web link or to the WOBA secretary or webmaster.

 

f.   All infractions of rules (i.e. Ejections) shall be noted by the officials and sent to the Secretary and Vice Presidents noted in the front of the WOBA handbook.  This notification needs to be sent immediately using the incident or ejection report form as approved by the OBA on the WOBA website.

g.  For regular season play, 24 hours VERBAL (live) notice must be given to the opposing coach if a local cannot field a team.  If notice is not given the fine to be levied will be $75.00 to be paid to WOBA and forwarded to the non-offending team.

 

h.  The team cancelling a scheduled game has to reschedule within 72 hours of the cancelled game.  The home team reschedules on the rainout.  This applies until both teams have achieved the required minimum games played.  This does not negate 2b.  Where a cancelled game has not been rescheduled the Convenor will ask the home team for 2 available home game nights of which the visiting team will pick one or have the game assigned by the Convenor.  The Convenor will have the authority to negotiate a suitable makeup game time.

 

i.   League play will end for all divisions at the end of day August 31. The cut-off date of three (3) weeks prior to their respective WOBA Championship Tournament will be used to determine team standings for tournament based on 10 games played whether 10 games are completed or not.

 

j.   League play is a minimum of 12 games.  There is a $75.00 fine per game when under the 12-game minimum.  This is payable to the WOBA.

 

k.   An Exhibition loop is primarily a platform for competition for both Select and Rep teams.  This loop has been created as a substitute for tournament play.  Select and Rep teams may schedule games with one another for competitive play.  Statistics from Exhibition loop play, and tournament play may be used for OBA classification purposes. This loop is not considered regular WOBA league play, nor are games played in the Exhibition loop a substitute for player eligibility on WOBA league teams.


 

l.   Each team can designate an adult at each game to video anyone that is arguing with an umpire or acting in a disrespectful manner during any WOBA ball game. This video should be sent to W.O.B.A. at the discretion of the umpires of the game, for the disciplinary committee to review.