A WELCOME NOTE
RYBL would like to welcome all players, coaches, team managers and families to the Cardinals Mid-Summer Classic 11U AA Tournament (July 23rd – July 25th, 2027).
- Tournament Dates: Friday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 25th
- Entry Fee: $700.00
- Tournament Details: This will be a 12-team Tournament. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games weather permitting. All games will be played at Westway, Queensway and Connorvale South. All teams will play 1 game Friday, 2 Saturday with the Playoffs on Sunday.
- Tournament Format: Teams will be split into 3 pools of 4 teams. The 3 pool winners and 1 Wild Card will advance to the playoff round.
- Stay up to date: Tournament Schedule & Scoreboard
Garry Ball
Tournament Convenor
garrywball@gmail.com
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
THE SCHEDULE
The schedule, scores and standings are all in one Google Sheet: Tournament Schedule.
The sheet is updated live during the tournament. Feel free to share the link with families, grandparents and anyone who follows your team on TeamSnap or GameChanger. Game times may change if there are weather or other delays, so please check the sheet before you leave for the park.
DIAMONDS
- WW: Westway Park (Google Maps)
- QW: Queensway Park (Google Maps)
- CVS: Connorvale Park, South diamond (Google Maps)
ROSTERS
Please have your team’s OBA-approved roster with your team’s 6-digit Team ID # (as shown in the Baseball Ontario Pitch Count App) available at the park in case a question comes up during the tournament.
TIE BREAKERS (OBA RP7.4)
- A team with a forfeit loss can’t win a tie breaker.
- Head-to-head record among the tied teams.
- Lowest runs-against ratio in games among the tied teams. The ratio is runs allowed divided by defensive innings played.
- Lowest runs-against ratio in all games.
- Highest runs-for ratio in games among the tied teams. The ratio is runs scored divided by offensive innings played.
- Highest runs-for ratio in all games.
- Coin toss.
When three or more teams are tied, skip the head-to-head step. Once only two teams are left, start again from step 1.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
The nearest Urgent Care Centre is Queensway Health Centre, 150 Sherway Drive. In an emergency, call 911.
COMMUNICATION
If there’s an emergency or a last-minute schedule change, we’ll call the game-day contact number on your registration form. General tournament updates will go out by email and on social media.
RULES
Baseball Ontario (OBA) rules and constitution apply: ondeck.baseballontario.com. The tournament-specific rules are:
- Format: Three divisions of four teams play round robin games on Friday and Saturday. The semi-finals and championship are on Sunday. The semi-finals are the three division winners plus one wild card.
- Home team: Decided by a coin toss before each game. The team that travelled the farthest makes the call.
- Game length: Games are 7 innings. In round robin games, no new inning starts after 2 hours from the first pitch. An inning that starts before the 2-hour mark must be completed. The semi-finals and final have no time limit.
- Walk-off: A game ends as soon as the home team takes the lead in the final inning. This applies in the 7th inning, under the mercy rule, or once the time limit has passed.
- Mercy rule (all games): 18 runs after 3 innings, 15 runs after 4, or 10 runs after 5.
- Ties: Ties are allowed in round robin play.
- Scoring: A win is 2 points, a tie is 1 point and a loss is 0.
- Official scorer and pitch counts: The home team is the official scorer and pitch counter. They can hand this job to someone from either team.
- The home team enters pitch counts in the Baseball Ontario Pitch Count App. They can do this up to 20 minutes after the game if cell service is weak.
- Both teams should confirm pitch counts at the end of every inning. Convenors will not settle pitch-count disputes after a game.
- At the end of each game, the home team scorer reports the final score and the defensive innings each team played to the on-site convenor.
- Line-ups: Give your line-up to the official scorer at least 15 minutes before game time. Line-ups follow OBA rules: 9 batters, or 10 with an EP. The tournament does not supply line-up cards.
- Warm-ups: There is no infield practice before games, so please don’t use the infield to warm up. No batting practice against the fences.
- Weather and suspended games: A game suspended before it becomes official resumes from the point it stopped. Teams should not leave the park unless the Tournament Convenor tells them to. The convenor may revise the schedule because of rain or delays.
- Protests: Protests are ruled on when they happen by the on-site convenor and the Tournament Convenor, and their decision is final. A protest needs a $100 cash deposit, which is returned only if the protest succeeds.
- Ejections: An ejected player or coach is suspended for the next game, or for the rest of the tournament depending on the circumstances.
- Conduct: Managers and coaches are responsible for the conduct of their players and everyone with their team, on and off the field.
- Awards: The Champion and Finalist teams each receive 20 medals. In every game, the opposing coach picks one MVP from each team, who gets a medal.