SPRING TRAINING (Practice Games)

SPRING TRAINING GUIDELINES

Spring Training games will be in uniform, with regular umpires and regular pitching limitations,
but they will not count towards the Regular Season standings.

Visitors in the first base dugout, home team in the 3rd base dugout. Visitors take a 10 minute infield 20 minutes prior to the game. Home team takes a 10 minute infield 10 minutes prior to the game.

No new inning after 2 1/2 hours from the start of the game. 10 run rule applies after the losing team has had 5 at-bats (and at least as many at-bats as the winning team).

Teams can use a continuous batting order or use the EH-Extra hitter, which is a 10 man batting order. Minimum play rules (two at-bats and at least 3 defensive innings for each player) applies unless a player is being disciplined and the opposing coach is told about it before the game (unless the disciplinary problem occurs during the game).

The red carpet area in front of both dugouts at the College is a dead ball area, so your players can be on the red carpet. To be a valid catch, a defensive player must have both feet off of the carpet area. If he catches it off of the carpet area and his momentum carries him onto the red carpet, the ball is live and can be thrown from there. If he falls down on the red carpet or in the dugout, the ball is dead. The catch still counts and all runners get to advance one base. If the catch is made with one or both feet on the red carpet area, it is a foul ball and not a catch.

To speed the game up at the College, the on deck batter should get all foul balls that go behind the catcher. They should also get all wild pitches and passed balls if there is no one on base and it is not strike 3.Please remind your players that fake tags are not allowed. They are dangerous to the incoming runner (who may decide he has to slide at the last minute and possibly break an ankle). The umpire can also rule obstruction and give the runner an additional base if he thinks the runner possibly could have made another base.

Managers and coaches - many of the umpires are working their first game on the big diamond. Just as your players may make some mistakes, these umpires may make some mistakes. I have told them all that these are practice games and the managers and coaches wouldn't be too concerned with umpire calls. In each game I have at least one experienced umpire helping the less experienced umpire.

Week ST-1

REGULAR SEASON
(Full Schedule + Contact Info... here)

Week:  ~ 1: Apr 5-6 ~ 2: Apr 8-13 ~ 3:  Apr 15-20 ~ 4: Apr 23-27 ~ 5: Apr 30-May 4 ~ 6: May 6-10 ~
~ 7: May 13-18 ~ 8: May 20-24 ~ 9: May 27-June 1 ~ 10: June 3-June 8 ~ 11: June 10-14 ~ 12: June 17-21 ~

This season Alameda's American League teams will be playing a number of Inter-league games vs. teams from nearby San Leandro/Washington Manor (WM).  The games vs. the Inter-league teams will count in the Win/Loss column, but only Alameda teams will be tracked in our League Standings.

Week 1

Week 2   

Week 3      

Week 4

Week 5                                        

Week 6                                   

Week 7                                         

Week 8                                         

Week 9

Week 10                                          

Week 11

Week 12

END OF REGULAR SEASON

LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

THE TOP 4 TEAMS PLAY A TOURNAMENT FOR THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. SEEDS DETERMINED BY REGULAR SEASON PLAY. IF TWO TEAMS ARE TIED AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON, HEAD TO HEAD GAMES DETERMINE THE SEEDS.

THE SEED #1 (THE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION) HAS TO BE BEAT TWICE. IF THE SEED #1 LOSES ON WEDNESDAY, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE 12 P.M. GAME ON SATURDAY. IF SEED #1 WINS ON WEDNESDAY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BEAT TWICE ON SATURDAY.

#1 Indians 7, #2 Giants 2

REGULAR SEASON

Week 1

Week 2

Mon, May 26 @ 9am

Tigers vs. A's

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5                                                         

Week 6                                                         

Week 7                                                         

THE TOP 4 TEAMS PLAY A TOURNAMENT FOR THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. SEEDS DETERMINED BY REGULAR SEASON PLAY. IF TWO TEAMS ARE TIED AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON, HEAD TO HEAD GAMES DETERMINE THE SEEDS. IF STILL TIED, LEAST RUNS ALLOWED WILL DETERMINE THE TOP SEED.

THE SEED #1 (THE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION) HAS TO BE BEAT TWICE. IF THE SEED #1 LOSES ON WEDNESDAY, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE 12 P.M. GAME ON SATURDAY. IF SEED #1 WINS ON WEDNESDAY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BEAT TWICE ON SATURDAY.