Updated: May 23, 2004 Homeplate area & double bases(first base) Updated: April 2, 2004 Illegal Bats (ASA) not allowed. Rules: (PLEASE READ ALL THE RULES BEFORE YOU REGISTER!!!) 1) A/AA-league : Best 8 teams according to previous tournament standings decided by League Director. 2) B/BB-league : The rest of teams (not including Co-ed teams). 3) C-league : Co-ed, 3 females , 7 males. (at most 4 A-league players allowed) 4) One player only represents one team in A/B leagues except C league with restrictions. 5) Only Asian/ or Chinese American players are qualified. Game is forfeited if any illegal players found. 6) League director has the right to deny the team with non-qulaified players. 7) Any player not listed in the application form will not be allowed to play. 8) No mercy rule and score limit in each inning. 9) Maximum 7 innings or 70 minutes each game. Umpire will inform both teams in last inning. 10) Game could be tied except playoff. 11) One pitch-runner allowed for each team in each inning. 12) Players without any NUMBER are not allowed to play. This is mandatory. Team T-shirt/ jersey is required. 13) 10 players (Min 6 players; 4M, 2F (7M/3F) for Co-ed ). Slow Pitch (6 to 12 ' arch). 14) 25 feet commitment line from the 3rd base to the home base is applied. 15) No need to step on the home base in order to score. offenders will be called out (No warning) ***(5/23/04)*** Stepping in batting area may be called out. 15-1) First base rule: Always step on the outside base unless it's double or triple bases hit and running to second base. 16) Start with one strike and one ball. One fault is allowed. Two faults are counted as strikeout. 17) No lead off. No stealing. No bunt. Max 15 runs for each inning for all leagues. 18) Batting order must be on the line-up card for ten players. Additional players are allowed to be added to the batting order. But once the player is added, he/she will not be allowed to drop except the injury. 19) Level C is a modified Co-Ed. Two female players are required to station in the infield except the pitcher and catcher. Three defense positions are reserved for female only, no male substitution. 20) For level-C, the batting order should be: M M F ,Any missing F will be counted as an OUT. 21) Game time is also the forfeit time if no enough players (60%) come to play. 22) Managers or captains are responsible for the result of scoresheet. Verify with umpire at the end of game. 23) First forfeit costs $50. Second forfeit costs $50 and will result in being dropped from the tournament. Each forfeited game is scored as 0 to 21. 24) Use legal bats adopted by ASA ONLY. 25) ASA rules are applied to the rules which are not specified above.