AABC
Handbook Changes
2009
 

1. Page 5 - Change the number of teams to make a league from 4 to 6 teams.
    
2. Page 17 Rule 203 - Delete "a game other than one in which a champion must be determined."
    
3. Page 22 Rule 213 (d) - Add to end of paragraph " Once qualifiers are scheduled, they must be played, they cannot be cancelled less than 30 days prior to tournament starting.  If not cancelled 30 days prior to the start of the tournament, the monies allocated to travel must be paid."
    
4. Page 22 Rule 213 (e) - Change gate fee to $350.00 from $150.00
    
5. Page 24 Rule 218 - Change to read "Any runner is out when the runner does not slide legally or attempt to avoid a fielder who has possession of the ball and waiting to make a tag or is in the process of fielding the ball.  The ball is dead and NO runners shall advance.  If the runner's slide or collision is flagrant, the runner shall be ejected from the contest."
    
6. Page 25 Rule 221 - Add a new (d) to read:  "The use of NOCSAE approved protection headgear (hard hat) must be worn by base coaches while in the field of play."
    
7. Page 26 Rule 221- Change (d) to (e)  to read:  "In AABC Stan Musial, Connie Mack and Don Mattingly division tournaments, only wood, laminate or composite wood bats may be used.  The bat must not exceed 42 inches in length and 2 3/4 inches diameter."
    
8. Page 26 Rule 221 - Change (e) to (f) and eliminate Connie Mack, Don Mattingly
    
9. Page 26 Rule 221 - Change (f) to (g) and eliminate "There is no differential" and add "There is no restriction with regard to the differential between length and weight."
    
10. Page 26 Rule 221 - Add (h)  "An altered or tampered bat will be subject to 6.06 (d) of Official Baseball Rules.  Exception - If a bat is determined by the umpire to be merely dented or damaged, it shall be removed and a team warning issued.  Each subsequent offense will result in the batter being called out.
    1. If the batter has reached base on a base hit and runners have advanced because of the hit, all runners shall return to their base occupied at the time of the pitch and the batter will be called out.  The appeal must be made before the next pitch, play or attempted play by the defense."