2021 City Softball Tournament of Champions Schedules & Game Scores AAA and Majors Division schedules and scores can be found on the WA District 8 website at www.llwadistrict8.org as follows: • AAA Division – Click on “Softball”, then “Schedules”, then AAA Division TOC Game Schedule and Scores • Majors Division – Click on “Softball”, then “Schedules”, then Majors Division TOC Game Schedule and Scores Contacts TOC Host and Scheduler – Scott Brohaugh ([email protected]) Fields Ballard Boys and Girls Club 1767 NW 64th Street Seattle, WA 98107 Ballard Community Center 6020 28th Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98107 Dahl Playfield 7700 25th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98115 Eaglestaff Middle School 1330 North 90th Street Seattle, WA 98103 Gilman Playground 923 NW 54th Street Seattle, WA 98107 Lawton Park 4005 27th Avenue West Seattle, WA 98199 Lower Woodland Playfields 5201 Green Lake Way North Seattle, WA 98103 Magnolia Playfields 2518 34th Avenue West Seattle, WA 98199 Mickey Merriam Playfields 7400 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 Shoreview Park 700 NW Innis Arden Way Seattle, WA 98177 Meridian Park 17077 Meridian Avenue North Shoreline, WA 98133 Soundview Playfields 1590 NW 90th Street Seattle, WA 98117 Thornton Creek Playfields 4205 NE 82nd Street Seattle, WA 98115 West Queen Anne Playfield 150 West Blaine Street Seattle, WA 98119 Both teams are responsible for setting up the fields, clean up of litter after the game, raking in holes and putting away the fields (When no game follows). 2021 City Softball Tournament of Champions Rain Line Information Seattle Parks and Recreation Fields Game time decision by managers Shoreline Parks and Recreation Game time decision by managers Shoreline School District Game time decision by managers Tournament Format For the AAA division, the tournament will consist of round robin pool play from Tuesday, June 1st through Saturday, June 6th, with the top finisher in each pool advancing to a single elimination playoff for the City championship on Monday, June 7th and Tuesday, June 8th. For the Majors division, the tournament will consist of round robin play from Thursday, May 27th through Saturday, June 5th, with the top finisher in each pool playing for the City championship on Monday, June 7th. Champions for each AAA and Majors division pool will be determined first by wins, then by head- to-head record. In case of a three-way tie, a winner will be determined by the team with the lowest RAID (Runs Allowed / Innings Defended). The participating leagues and number of teams are as follows: Ballard 1 Major 2 Minors Magnolia 2 Majors 2 Minors North Central 1 Major 3 Minors Northeast 2 Majors 2 Minors Northwest 1 Major 1 Minor Queen Anne 0 Major 1 Minor RUG 0 Major 2 Minors Shoreline 1 Major 0 Minor There is a total of 8 Majors and 13 AAA division teams. The rest of this document addresses the details of the tournament format, tie-breaker algorithm as recommended by Little League and the tournament schedule. Tournament Schedule Home team is the second team listed in pool play round. Home team in championship round will be decided by a coin toss: Pool Play: AAA division - Tuesday, June 1st through Saturday, June 5th Majors division – Tuesday, May 27th through Saturday, June 5th 2021 City Softball Tournament of Champions Championship Series: AAA division – City Semi-Finals on Monday, June 7th AAA division - City Championship on Tuesday, June 8th Majors division - City Championship on Monday, June 7th Majors Division Pool • Two pools (Jennie Finch and Danielle Lawrie). • Majors division managers will rank (Seed) its teams with #1 being the highest ranked (Most skilled) and #8 being the lowest ranked (Least skilled). • As much as possible, each pool will be equal in weight in terms of seeding. This means that if you add up the rankings of each team in each pool (Sum of seeds), the pools should be close to equivalent: Pool Seed Seed Seed Seed Sum of Seeds Jennie Finch 1 4 5 8 18 Danielle Lawrie 2 3 6 7 18 • There will be 12 games played in the Majors division pool play round. • The winner of each pool will advance to the City Championship game to be held on Monday, June 7th. AAA Division Pool • Four pools (Cat Osterman, Dot Richardson, Jessica Mendoza and Lisa Fernandez). • AAA division managers will rank (Seed) its teams with #1 being the highest ranked (Most skilled) and #13 being the lowest ranked (Least skilled). • As much as possible, each pool will be equal in weight in terms of seeding. This means that if you add up the rankings of each team in each pool (Sum of seeds), the pools should be close to equivalent. Sum of Pool Seed Seed Seed Seed Seeds Cat Osterman 1 8 9 13 31 Dot Richardson 2 7 10 19 Jessica Mendoza 3 6 11 20 Lisa Fernandez 4 5 12 21 • There will be 15 games played in the AAA division pool play round. • The winner of each pool will advance to the championship round to be held Monday, June 7th (Semi-Finals) and Tuesday, June 8th (Championship). 2021 City Softball Tournament of Champions Tie Games Ties will be allowed in pool play and are counted as .5 win and .5 loss. Games have been scheduled to allow extra time to finish a game. During the week, all games may continue until completion as long as there is daylight and it is safe to play. On weekends, games will play until completion or a 2.5 hour time limit, whichever comes first. Rescheduling Games due to Rain, School Activities, etc. During pool play, a scheduled game that is rained out and that cannot be made up will be scored as a tie. No runs allowed or innings defended will be charged to either team, and it will be accepted as a day’s rest. During the championship round, rain outs that cannot be made up will be decided by a coin flip. Do everything possible, keeping safety as your number one priority, to avoid a rain out in the championship round (i.e. move to a school field, do your best to get four innings in, etc.). Due to the number of games to play and the limited field availability, your ability to reschedule a game for any reason may be very limited. For the TOC, the minimum number of players necessary to start a game is nine. So, if you can field nine players, your team can play the game. Dugouts Home teams will occupy the 3rd base dugout. In pool play, the home team is the second team listed on the schedule. In the championship round, the home team will be decided by a coin flip. It is the responsibility of both teams to clean the dugouts and make sure the spectator area is cleared of trash after their game. Tie-Breaker Algorithm At the end of pool play, if two or more teams have the same win-loss record, the tie will be broken as follows: 1. If two teams are tied: a. Head-to-head record. b. Lowest overall run ratio (Runs Allowed / Innings Defended). c. Coin flip. 2. If three teams are tied (Note: After one team has broken the tie, the two remaining teams start at step 1): a. Lowest overall run ratio (Runs Allowed / Innings Defended). b. Coin flip. i) Each team is assigned a coin. ii) Odd flip out is eliminated. Information regarding “Runs Allowed / Innings Defended (RAID)” obtained from the Little League website: If there are two or more teams, and no clear victor can be determined through head-to-head competition, then the total number of defensive runs given up in all games, divided by the number of innings played on defense, is computed for each team involved in the tie. The team with the lowest "RAID" will advance. 2021 City Softball Tournament of Champions NOTE: If a team only plays part of a half-inning on defense before the game is ended, that partial inning will count as a full half-inning for the purpose of computing run differential. Awards, Ceremonies & Decorations There will be an award ceremony after each championship game: • Trophies will be awarded to players for 1st and 2nd place for both Majors and AAA divisions. • The total cost of trophies will be split between all leagues participating in the TOC. Game Score & Pitching Reports 1. Game reports must include game number, date, field, team names, score and innings defended for both teams. Pitching reports will list pitchers in the order in which they pitch. The report must include pitcher jersey number and innings pitched. Format for the game results and pitching reports will be emailed to all managers prior to the start of the tournament. 2. Visiting and home team managers must agree on ALL OF THE ABOVE BEFORE LEAVING THE FIELD. 3. During pool play and championship play, the WINNING team manager is responsible for e- mailing complete game reports for both teams to the TOC information coordinator (Scott Brohaugh – [email protected]) by 10:00PM the night of the game. Failure to do so could result in the winning team having to forfeit 6-0 with 6 innings defended to the losing team. 4. Missing game reports will be submitted to the TOC information coordinator as soon as possible. 5. Game results and pitching reports will be posted to the tournament web page nightly, allowing managers to check who pitched and their next available pitching date by clicking on the game link. For any unreported games that resulted in forfeit, the scorebooks will be presented by each team to the opposing manager to confirm the forfeit innings pitched plus eligible pitchers at the start of the following game.