SOFTBALL 2018 - dizzydeanbbinc.org

1 OFFICIAL RULES. HOFH. SOFTBALL . 2018 . TABLE OF CONTENTS. Diamond Ad Inside Front Cover Table of Contents 1. Dizzy Dean SOFTBALL Prayer 2. Child Abuse / Molestation Statement 3. Communicable Disease Procedures 4. Disclaimer / Safety Equipment/ Concussion Risk Management / Rules Notice 5. Operational Control 6-7. Official Ball of Tennessee Dizzy Dean Protect Youth Sports Legal Disputes 8. 9. Age Chart 10. Officers, Deputy Commissioners, Parliamentarian 11. Historian, Publicity, National Board Members, 12-13. State Directors, State Presidents 14-15. Committees 16. Deceased National Board Members 17. Steelberry Ad 18. Honorary Board Members, Gold Circle Club Members, Past Commissioners 19.

2 Scholarship Winners 20. The Game Ad 21. Dizzy Dean SOFTBALL Organizational Structure 22-23. Common Rule Index / Common Rules 24-49. Louisville Slugger Ad 50. Museum Ad 51. Farm League Rules 52-59. Tennessee Ad 60. Mississippi Ad 61. Adams Lithographing Ad 62. Minor League Rules 63-65. 12RY DIZ. Alabama Ad 66..47 COR/375 compression Freshman League Rules 67-69. Leather Cover Georgia Ad 70. Schutt Ad 71. 12 RYSC DIZ..47 COR/375 compression Sophomore / Junior / Senior League Rules 72-75. Synthetic Cover Umpires Media Ad 76. Protime Ad 77. Florida Ad 78. 11 RYSC DIZ..47 COR/375 compression Southern Athletic Fields Ad 79.

3 Synthetic Cover 5 & 6 Year Old Champion and Information 80-81. For More Information 7 & 8 Year Old Champion and Information 82-83. Contact your Tennessee Diamond Representative 9 & 10 Year Old Champion and Information 84-85. 11 & 12 Year Old Champion and Information 86-87. Derreck Cole 13 & 14 Year Old Champion and Information 15 & 16 Year Old Champion and Information 88. 89. 3482 Keith Bridge Rd PMB# 271 17 & 18 Year Old Champion and Information 90-91. Cumming, GA 30041 Awards of Excellence 92. Notes 93-96. (770) 331-6143. Sadler Insurance Ad Inside Back Cover Champion Ad Outside Back Cover 1. CHILD ABUSE / MOLESTATION STATEMENT.

4 1. Dizzy Dean Baseball, Inc. abhors all forms of child abuse including verbal abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse and is committed DIZZY DEAN SOFTBALL to addressing these concerns by providing risk management guidelines that will lessen, but not totally eliminate the chance of an occurrence. Failure PRAYER of leagues to implement these risk management precautions may expose such leagues and their officials, volunteers, and other representatives to Oh Lord, it is with joy we begin this year of significant legal liability. Dizzy Dean SOFTBALL . We always want your 2. Dizzy Dean Baseball, Inc. has no operational control over league security including the selection of volunteers associated with independent leagues, blessings and pray for you to give us a desire which are affiliated with its program.

5 Therefore, it is the sole responsibility to make a happy season of games. Help us to of the independent league to take action to adopt and implement sound be more thankful to You by strengthening our risk management precautions. 3. Dizzy Dean Baseball, Inc. strongly recommends that all leagues adopt minds, morals and bodies. and implement a child abuse / molestation risk management program. Guidelines for establishing such a program are available on the Dizzy Oh God, we thank You for the many blessings Dean Baseball website or a league may develop a similar comprehensive You have given us. We pray that the Holy program.

6 4. Elements of a sound child abuse / molestation risk management program Spirit will lead in the guiding and training are as follows: of young people in the enjoyable game of a) Screen all volunteers who have repeated access to youth by requiring SOFTBALL . Help us to always remember that completion of a volunteer application and by running a criminal growing a strong moral character is very background check. All criminal background checks indicating a conviction involving crimes against a minor must result in important. Oh God, we ask You to be with our disqualification of the volunteer. In addition, other charges and young people that they may always keep their convictions may be an indication of an unfit volunteer and may result bodies in good physical shape, to always be in disqualification.

7 Mentally active, to always play the game fair b) Distribute materials to educate administrators, volunteers, and parents and square to the very best of their ability. on the warning signs of child abuse/molestation and how to respond to Help them to always be good sportsmen so an allegation. that they may develop mentally, physically c) Appoint a conduct official to administer the program and to be the primary contact for allegations of child abuse/molestation. and spiritually even as did our dear Lord whose holy name we pray. d) Encourage the use of a buddy system where a non-related adult is never alone with a single child.

8 Amen. Glen Fuller e) Encourage the use of take home/pickup policies to ensure that a single child is not being transported by a volunteer as a result of a parent Past National Director, GA failing to pick up a child in a timely fashion. (Deceased National Board Member). f) Prohibition of any overnight sleep over event at any official's house. g) Limiting the distribution of directories/rosters with names, phone numbers, addresses, and pictures to persons on a need to know basis. 2 3. RULES AND PROCEDURES DISCLAIMER. Dizzy Dean SOFTBALL is not responsible for non related activities at Dizzy COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PROCEDURES Dean Tournaments.

9 Furthermore, Dizzy Dean SOFTBALL expressly disclaims While risk of one athlete infecting another with HIV/AIDS during any and all liability for injuries sustained at hotels, dormitories, restaurants, competition is close to non-existent, there is a remote risk that other blood swimming pools, water parks or other fun parks, beaches, lakes or other borne infectious diseases can be transmitted. For example, Hepatitis B can be recreational activities engaged in by coaches, players, family members or present in blood as well as in other body fluids. Procedures for reducing the competition resumes other spectators away and separate from the playing field potential for transmission of these infectious agents should include, but not of the Dizzy Dean Tournament.

10 Be limited to, the following: 1. The bleeding must be stopped, the open wound covered and if there is SAFETY EQUIPMENT. an excessive amount of blood on the uniform, it must be changed before Any and all safety equipment specified by Federal, State, or Local legislation the athlete may participate. will be required. 2. Routine use of gloves or other precautions to prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure when contact with blood or other body fluids is CONCUSSION RISK MANAGEMENT. anticipated. Dizzy Dean Baseball, Inc. strongly recommends that all teams/leagues adopt 3. Immediately wash hands and other skin surfaces if contaminated (in and implement a concussion risk management program that keys in on training contact) with blood or other body fluids.