DAA Baseball Rules

DELHI HILLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BASEBALL RULES Number One - Eagle System There will be two Eagle teams per class consisting of one first year team and one second year team for classes "D" through "A". The second year team will play up in the senior division or super league and the first year team will play one league below the senior division or play in the senior division or super league, if they so desire. (Amended 8/30/01) There will be two Eagle teams per class consisting of one first year team and one second year team based on the availability of an appropriate number of players. The second year team will play up in the senior bracket and the first year team will play one league below the senior division or play in the senior division if they so desire. Eagle managers will rotate teams, enabling them to stay with their team for a two year period within each class. Each Eagle manager must reapply when either moving up a class or moving down within their current class. Eagle managers accepting first year teams (D1, C1, B1, A1) must make a two year commitment. If the manager quits during or after first season, he is not permitted to manage within the Eagle system for one additional year. Eagles teams will hold Fall tryouts and cut to approximately twenty (20) players. Second year Eagle teams can carry no more than two first year players. First year Eagle teams will consist solely of first year players. Any player who removes himself or herself from a core after trying out and making an Eagle team reserves the right to return to that core if he or she is released by that Eagle team in subsequent years, if his or her core still exists, and if the current core’s manager agrees. All Eagle teams must make their final selections no later than six weeks before the first regular season game. Final A Eagle team cuts can not be made until area high school makes their final cuts (Approximately March 15). (Adopted 4/14/99) Number Two - Core System The core system begins in class D-non and continues through all of the remaining classes as long as all other criteria for remaining a core, as stated in these All Sports Rules, Baseball Rules, section #2 core system, are met. A minimum of six (6) players (if possible), which consists of players from the previous years team, must be declared as a core by a manager before the draft. These players cannot be cut from the team. A core team consists of a minimum of six (6) second year players (if possible) for second year teams and six (6) first year players (if possible) for first year teams. The core system begins in class D-NON. All 1995 cores will continue into 1996. This is how cores will be established for the first time in the class as previously stated in rule #2, of the Baseball Rules of the Managers and Coaches Rules. Players will be divided into first and second year lists. All managers of second year teams must select from the second year players pool until their six second year players are picked (if available). All first year managers must select from the first year players pool until six first year players are drafted (if available). Once six players are reached by all teams, the draft becomes an open draw. All players will be drafted in each class. All new managers who are attempting to build a core in a class where cores already exist or new managers of mixed core teams, will be given two years to build a core if enough sign-ups are available in succeeding year as established in rule #6, paragraph #2, The Draft. Managers and players will then stay with that team for the duration of their D.A.A. careers unless the player indicates otherwise at the following years sign-up or the manager indicates otherwise prior to that years draft, thus establishing a new core for that manager. Number Three - Mixed Age Teams It will be the Head Coordinators responsibility to form a mixed aged team if one is necessary. Number Four - Team Size All teams shall be assigned a minimum of 12 players and a maximum of 14 players. Any deviations in regards to team size, must be approved by the Manager’s Committee. (Amended 9-19-97) Number Five - Sign-Ups Sign-ups shall be held prior to the start of the baseball season. Exact dates, locations and times shall be set by the Executive Board. These shall be advertised through normal channels. All returning players will be asked if they would like to return to their previous years team or if they desire to go back into the draft and not be drafted by their previous years coach. For classes D-Non through class A if during the sign-up process the parents or players have specific requests to be placed on specific teams, that information will be recorded and given to the proper class coordinator. The person accepting this information shall inform the requestor that this information cannot be granted but all personnel will be aware of this request prior to the selection process. All requests in Farm should be granted if possible. (Amended 8/30/01) Number Six - Draft A first year manger can name up to two (2) assistant coaches prior to the draft. These coaches sons or daughters, are automatically placed on that team as the last picks of that teams’ draft. (Adopted 9-19-97) Before the draft, core teams must be established by the managers with a minimum of six (6) players (if possible). Core players represent the final players on the team for draft purposes. Thus, all teams begin drafting from the respective pool of players at the same time. Core players established by the manager cannot be cut unless cores have not been established as set forth in rule #2, Core System, of the Baseball Rules of the Managers and Coaches Rules. All teams draft players from new sign-ups, players who do not want to return to their previous years team, and Eagle players who are removed from the Eagle team that they previously played on. (only if they desire not to return to the core in which they came or their previous core does not exist). If a manager does not return, a new manager is selected for that core team if the number of sign-ups allow for that team to continue. If two managers return but there are not enough sign-ups to field two teams, the manager with the greatest number of returning players gets the team. If the number of returning players is the same, the point system would apply. All players who ask to remain with their previous years team at sign-ups and then are removed from that core by the manager of that core must be notified by that same manager that he or she was removed by that said manager. Family members are to play on the same team when they are in the same class unless the parents request otherwise. The Eagles are exempt from this rule. A team roster must be turned in to the Managers Committee at the end of the season. All other drafting procedures will be determined by the Managers and Coaches Rules. Number Seven - Late Sign-ups New sign-ups will be assigned by the Head Coordinator to the next team in draft order unless that manager is the previous years manager and the player requests otherwise. The draft list maintained by the Head Coordinator must remain confidential. Number Eight - Eagle Managers Any time an Eagle Manager’s position is open, the Managers Committee will advertise the said opening in the Delhi Athletic Association’s newsletter. This must occur before the Manager’s Committee can proceed with the job of selecting a replacement or new manager. (Adopted 10/25/96) Number Nine - Managers & Coaches All applications are to be accepted by the Baseball Coordinator and/or the Chairman of the Manager’s Committee. If two or more applications are received and all or none of the criteria as set forth by the Managers and Coaches rules, Rule #3, the following system shall be used to select the Manager for the said position. This selection process consists of a three level selection process. Level #1: The approved guidelines for selecting Managers for D.A.A. as outlined in the Managers and Coaches Rules, shall be known as level one. It shall be the Manager’s Committee’s responsibility to verify as much as possible, the information which is contained on the applicant’s application. Anyone who is found to have knowingly falsified the data on his or her application shall be deemed responsible and his or her application shall be removed from further consideration. The applicant whose application has the most calculated points, as dictated by “the point system” shall be given a single point. 1. 1 Point for every 4 meetings attended in the last three years. 2. 2 Points for each year as a coordinator of a sport. 3. 2 Points for each year as a booth chairman. 4. 1 Point for each year as a member of a committee. 5. 3 Points for each year as an office holder. 6. 2 Points for each year that a special position was held. (Ex. Running a tournament, festival, dance, etc.) 7. 1 Point for each year as a assistant coach of a different sport in the D.A.A. 8. 2 Points for each year as an assistant coach in the same sport you are applying for in the D.A.A. 9. 2 Points for each year as a manager of a different sport in the D.A.A. 10. 3 Points for each year as a manager in the same sport you are applying for in the D.A.A. 11. 1 Point for any coaches clinic for the sport being applied which has been approved by the Managers Committee. Level #2: Is a rating of the candidate with the best baseball experience and knowledge determined by the Manager’s Committee. The Manager’s Committee’s decision shall be based on all credentials of the application including current application, performance, character, and any other information deemed necessary to make a decision. Any applicant who is found to have knowingly falsified any data shall be deemed responsible and said applicant shall be removed from further consideration. The applicant, decided by the Managers Committee, with the best baseball experience and knowledge shall be awarded a single point. Level #3: A secret ballot shall be taken by the elected member of the Manager’s Committee. They shall so chose the applicant that they deem most fit to handle the responsibility of being the said manager of the team which he or she is applying for. Any ties in this balloting shall be broken by the Chairman of the Manager’s Committee. The candidate with the highest votes will receive a point for each level. Only one applicant can receive a single point for any level. The applicant with the most points (Maximum of three) at the end of this process shall be named the manager for the said team he or she is applying for. If, by some chance, there is a tie between applicants at the end of this process, the applicant who received the point for level three shall be appointed to the Manager’s position which he or she applied for. Any person who manages or coaches any team that competes against Delhi Athletic Association may not manage or coach a Delhi Athletic Association team of the same sport, in the same age group, unless given special permission by the Manager’s Committee. (Adopted 9/19/97) Number Ten - Managers and Coaches- Suspended Any manager who quits after being awarded a team will be suspended from Delhi Athletic Association for one year and will not be able to manage another Delhi Athletic Association team for one additional year and will not be permitted to vote at the year end Delhi Athletic Association baseball meeting. (Adopted 9/19/97) Number Eleven - Resolutions Unspecified Situations All other situations not covered in these rules will and shall be resolved by the Manager’s Committee. (Adopted 9/19/97)