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All rounds utilize "2008
Final Regular Season Standings" to determine tournament seeding
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Normal OTHG Rules apply for "Standings/Seedings"
and tournament play, in addition to and modified by those listed
below
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Seven rounds
to the tournament w/ at least 2 rounds/games
per team (DOUBLE ELIMINATION)
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Top 4 Seeded Teams get "Round
1 Bye" and start in Round 2 of the Reilly Cup
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No more than 4 games per round and up to 23 games
played for the whole Reilly Cup
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Teams can play from 4 games (best path through
brackets)
to 9 games (worst path through brackets) and still win Reilly Cup
(see example below)
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Two rounds exist
where a team will play two games in
one evening (Round 6 and possibly Round 7 Finals)
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Higher Seeded
team is the home team for each game throughout the tournament, whether
coming from Winners' Bracket or Losers' Bracket (including Finals)
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60' Field Assignment
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Earliest game available given to highest seed
game remaining in WINNERs' bracket
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Next game given to next highest seed game remaining
in WINNERs' bracket
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When no WINNERs' bracket games remain, move
to highest seed in LOSERs' bracket
90' Field Assignment
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Earliest game available given to highest seed
game remaining in WINNERs' bracket
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Next game given to next highest seed game remaining
in WINNERs' bracket
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When no WINNERs' bracket games remain, move
to highest seed in LOSERs' bracket, etc
Field Assignments are SUBJECT
TO CHANGE by the OTHG Board
A Round might contain just Winners' bracket games,
Losers' bracket games or both
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Each Winners' Bracket Game pairs remaining highest
versus remaining lowest seeded teams
currently in the Winners' bracket
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Each Losers' Bracket Game pairs remaining highest
versus remaining lowest seeded teams
currently in the LOSERs' bracket
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Exception is the finals where Winners' Bracket
Team faces LOSERs' Bracket Team
A round must complete
for the next round to occur (because of high/low seed match ups)
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6 out of 7 Rounds are scheduled for Fridays,
one Round on Tuesday. WEATHER can affect this schedule
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Website Schedule
will be updated as soon as all results are submitted
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You should know your next game by
Saturday or Sunday the latest,
barring rainouts and other events
Rain Outs/Weather could force
make up play on various nights
of the week, not just Tuesdays or Fridays
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You may need to PLAY
multiple games in a week or even a night due to weather
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Dates, times and fields are
subject to change due to weather
and field availability
All games will have a winner and loser,
no TIEs
Rounds 1 through 4
will have a 1 hour and 20 minute Time Limit
Rule
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This rule is in effect for
all games on any field, even
if there is no game immediately following you or free time exists
between scheduled games
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If tied after 1:20, game is continued as if
in extra innings despite actual inning of game
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Home team always bats in extra inning situations
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During game, if umpire determines a team is intentionally
stalling a game, he may extend it within reason
Rounds 5 through 7 will have games played until
completion, BUT...
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OTHG Board can reestablish
Time Limit Rule in any/all Games/Rounds of 5, 6 and
7 if situation, scheduling, weather, permits, etc require this
action
Games that are postponed
for any reason that have not reached official game length
shall be rescheduled and replayed in their entirety
Run Rule is
in effect for all games
Winner of Winners' Bracket
will skip Round 6 and have one
week off until finals start
Winners' Bracket sees a new team each game.
Exception may be finals round where they could lose first game and
play again
Losers' Bracket could play
same team twice during Rounds 1 through 6 and will definitely
want to play twice in Round 7... The Reilly Cup Finals
Need six Fridays and one Tuesday to complete the
Reilly Cup
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9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, (Tue) 10/21
and 10/24
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