"No Protests" will be entertained.
Umpires on field decision will be final.

1. All rounds utilize "2022 Final Regular Season Standings" to determine tournament seeding

2. Normal OTHG Rules apply for "Standings/Seedings" and tournament play, in addition to and modified by those listed below

3. Six rounds to the tournament w/ "Single Elimination" first round and "Double Elimination" for rounds two through six.  (2016 change)

4. Top 4 Seeded Teams get "Round 1 Bye" and start in Round 2 of the Reilly Cup

5. No more than 4 games per round and up to 19 games played for the whole Reilly Cup

6. Teams can play from 4 games (best path through brackets) to 8 games (worst path through brackets) and still win Reilly Cup

7. Two rounds exist where a team will play two games in one evening (Round 5 and possibly Round 6 Finals)

8. Higher Seeded team is the home team for each game throughout the tournament, whether coming from Winners' Bracket or Losers' Bracket

   1. Exception for Finals Only: As per Sep 8th, 2009 Manager's Meeting, teams voted unanimously that the team that enters the Finals "from the Winner's Bracket" is the home team for the FIRST game, regardless of their seed ranking.  If a second game is necessary, then the higher seeded team is the home team for that game.

9. The Reilly Cup requires five Fridays and one Tuesday. A round must complete for the next round to occur (because of high/low seed match ups)

   1. New for 2019: Round 2 (instead of Round 5), is scheduled for a Tuesday. This will alleviate a losers' bracket team from playing  up to 5 games within the last Fri to Fri week of the season. All other rounds are scheduled for Fridays. WEATHER can affect this schedule.

      Note that for 2022,  Round 1 will be on a Tuesday instead of Round 2

   2. Website Schedule will be updated as soon as all results are submitted

   3. You should know your next game by Saturday or Sunday the latest, barring rainouts and other events

10. 60ft Turf Field - Home Run Ground Rules - New for 2022

    1. Total of FIVE home runs hit OVER the fence allowed by EACH team per game. Inside the park home runs do NOT count towards this limit

    2. Any ball hit OVER the fence exceeding the five home run limit will be considered a single for the batter.  There is no limit to the number of "singles" awarded to a team that has exceeded the five home run limit.

    3. Play will stop, the batter will be awarded first base and all existing base runners will advance ONE base, whether there is a force or not

    4. Example:  Men on 1^st and 3^rd.  Batter hits ball over fence exceeding the five home run limit.  Batter is awarded 1^st base.  Existing player on 1^st moves to 2^nd.  Existing player on 3^rd moves home and scores 1 run.

11. Games will be played on the 60' & 90' Turf Fields at Allen Park.  Start times and assignments are as follows:

    1. The 90' Turf field is considered the "Premier" field and highest seeded teams in each bracket will be scheduled as detailed below

    2. Game times will be 7:00pm and 8:45pm.

    3. For Rounds 1 through 4.

    • Games are scheduled by exhausting all matchups from the winners' bracket and then moving on to the losers' bracket, slotting highest to lowest seeded team into the schedule as follows: 7pm/90', 8:45pm/90', 7pm/60', 8:45pm 60'

    4. Rounds 5 and 6 will play on the 90' Turf field

    5. IF circumstances have forced multiple rounds to occur on the same night, previous round field and time assignments can take precedence over current round assignments (Clarified 9/2012)

12. Field Assignments and times are SUBJECT TO CHANGE by the OTHG Board

13. A Round might contain just Winners' bracket games, Losers' bracket games or both

    1. Each Winners' Bracket Game pairs remaining highest versus remaining lowest seeded teams currently in the Winners' bracket

    2. Each Losers' Bracket Game pairs remaining highest versus remaining lowest seeded teams currently in the LOSERs' bracket

    3. Exception is the finals where Winners' Bracket Team faces LOSERs' Bracket Team

14. Rain Outs/Weather could force make up play on various nights of the week

    1. You may need to PLAY multiple games in a week or even a night due to weather

    2. Dates, times and fields are subject to change due to weather and field availability

15. New for 2019: All Rounds will have 9 inning games played until completion with a winner and loser, no TIEs.  BUT...

    1. OTHG Board can reestablish Time Limit Rule in any/all Games if situation, scheduling, weather, permits, etc require this action

16. New for 2019: Regular season forfeit rule where you can borrow a player from the other team is SUSPENDED for the playoffs. Each team must field their own 9 players at a minimum

17. Games that are postponed for any reason that have not reached official game length shall be rescheduled and replayed in their entirety

18. Run Rule is in effect for all games

19. Winning team of Winners' Bracket round 4 will skip Round 5 and have one week off until the Reilly Cup Finals/round 6 (clarified 9/2012)

20. Round 5 is comprised of 2 games played consecutively, usually on the same evening (clarified 9/2014)

    1. The first game is comprised of the two winning teams that advanced from the Round 4 Loser's Bracket

    2. The team that wins the above game will play a second game against the team that lost from the Round 4 Winners' Bracket. The winner of this game will go to the Reilly Cup Finals/round 6.

21. Winners' Bracket sees a new team each game.  Exception may be finals round

22. Losers' Bracket could play same team twice during Rounds 1 through 5 and will definitely want to play twice in Round 6... The Reilly Cup Finals