Saturday, December 13, 2008

2008 Winter Meetings Successful! View 09' changes.

The 2008 Winter Meetings took place on Decemeber 10th, 2008. Many players from throughout the league attended and helped developed many changes for the 2009 season.

What are the Changes?

Spring Training will be 1 week shorter. While the Regular season will start 1 week earlier and consist of 12 weeks, including AllStar Break and 22 regular season games.

Extra Games: Teams will be allowed 6 extra games during the regular season. But only 3 extra games may be played after the AllStar Break.

The League will be Re-Intergrating Inter League Play for 2009. Six teams (3 teams from each side) will be needed to flex play and play 3 weeks of their season on the opposite night.

Rosters: Rosters must be set before the start of the regular season. No players can be added after the Allstar break. A player must play in 2 games before the AllStar break to be eligible to play in the Playoffs. Exceptions can be made by the League Commitee and will be addressed individually.

No Tagging up on Foul Balls.

A Hit ball hitting any part of the fence in the air will be a ground rule double.

The Top Three teams (based on winning %) from each division will make the KWL Championship Playoffs. First place teams in each division will receive a first week by.

The Four and Fifth place teams from both divisions will advance to the Tom Selleck festival of compition playoffs. More details to come!

Pitch Speed rule will be finalized and implied for 2009.

Three man pitching rotation will be required for the Playoffs only.

Mercy Rule Update:
The Dutchman: Any game over 15 runs that is not with in 8 runs = over. (meaning 15-7 at any point of the game = over).

The Stat Padder: Once a team is up by 10 runs, the leading team must hit opposite handed until the game is under 10 runs or the mercy rule goes into effect in the 4th inning.

Ladies Black Bat: All Ladies will be able to us the supplied KWL Ladies bat. Starting on week 4, only ladies with a slugging percentage under .400 (SLG %) can continue to use the bat. (using current up to date regular season stats) Captains will be required to monitor this.

Pitch Running: Once a hitter reaches base safely, they must remain the baserunner until forced to take their next scheduled at bat. Any player not currently on base can take over baserunning responsibilities.
Injured player exception: A player may pitch run for a injured player after the player has safely reached base. If a players is opting for a pitch runner, they may not field during the game.