2025 TEAM INSTRUCTIONS
TEAMS MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THEIR LEAGUE PRESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
The Seabreeze Classic will be administered by Connecticut District 4
Little League. All questions, problems and decisions will be
made by the Seabreeze Classic Tournament Committee.
All decisions made by this committee will be FINAL.
Any team or manager who contacts another authority will
immediately be disqualified from further competition and
no refund of money will be given.
DECORUM
Managers, Coaches, and Players will show their utmost respect
for opposing players, coaches, umpires and tournament officials.
Any Manager or Coach ejected from any game will forfeit their eligibility to participate in the next scheduled game. Any Manager, Coach, Player, or Parent who is ejected must leave the site immediately, and may not be at the site of the next game. If the offense is of a serious nature (determined by the umpires and tournament officials) the participant may be removed from the remainder of the tournament. (If spectatore refuses to leave, the Manager is ejected and
cannot be at the next game).
Any Player ejected must leave the field and dugout area, they may sit with
their parent, or a coach will have to sit with them and the team will have one less coach.
Any Manager or Coach ejected will may not be replaced for the next game by an alternate coach.
REGISTRATION AND ROSTER
All teams will be required to carry the Pitching Page from the All-Star Affidavit supplied by their local league.
ROSTERS ARE NOT NECESSARY: TEAMS MAY BORROW PLAYERS FROM THEIR
LEAGUES OR OTHER ALL-STAR OR SEABREEZE TEAMS.
ONCE ALL-STARS HAVE STARTED NO PLAYER ON AN ALL-STAR TEAM MAY PITCH IN THE SEABREEZE POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT.
NO PLAYER MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE SEABREEZE POST SEASON
TOURNAMENT UNTIL THEIR ALL-STAR TEAM HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
THE PENALTY FOR THIS WILL BE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF THE OFFENDING PLAYER, PLAYERS, OR TEAM AND ALL GAMES WILL BE FORFEITED.
THIS WILL BE IN LINE WITH LITTLE LEAGUES RULES ALLOWING PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER TOURNAMENTS ONCE ALL-STARS HAVE STARTED.
TOURNAMENT RULE 4B: A TOURNAMENT PITCHER MAY NOT PITCH IN REGULAR SEASON OR SPECIAL GAMES WHILE THE TEAM IS STILL PARTICPATING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
SITE DIRECTOR
The site director will identify themselves to each team and will be responsible for final decisions at all sites.
Home team will be decided by a coin flip before each game.
Winner will have choice Home, Away, or Dugout. Even in the playoffs.
Little League does not allow designation of home team based on seeding
PRE-GAME INFIELD
Each team will be provided 10 minutes for infield. The visiting team will take the field first followed by the home team. The site director has the discretion to shorten or eliminate this time if necessary.
SCORES
All teams must report the score of their game to the site director immediately following each game. Coaches must also report their scores to the Person responsible for the standings. Failure to report scores may result in your elimination from the playoffs.
PITCHING RECORDS
The manager is responsible to verify the pitching record.
RAIN
In the event of inclement weather the tournament committee will make every effort to remain on schedule. Every Effort will be made to make up any games canceled by weather. Games may not be made up if time doesn't permit. The decision to play or not play will be the sole discretion of the tournament committee.
FORMAT
All teams will be scheduled to play 7 games. This may be shortened by inclement weather conditions.
In the event all teams in the bracket do not have an equal number of games played. The order of finish will be determined by head to head or
best winning percentage
TIE BREAKER
The first tie breaker will be Head To Head. If a three way tie
and one team has defeated the other 2 they win the
first tie breaker.
It will then revert back to Head To Head.
If they all beat each other, then it will be runs allowed/ defensive
innings for all positions. This will coincide with the
Little League Tournament Rules.
International Tournament Pool Play Format: Section IV - Tiebreaker procedures.
UMPIRES
The Host Site will make every effort to have a minimum of
two (2) umpires for each game. Circumstances may result with only
one (1) umpire to be available at some games. Host team is responsible
for Umpire stipend.
BASEBALLS/SOFTBALLS
Baseballs/Softballs will be provided by the host site.
AWARDS
The tournament champion and runner up will receive
individual medallions.
PLAYING RULES
1. The tournament will be administered by Connecticut
Little League District 4 and the Seabreeze Classic Tournament
Committee. Any deviation from this may result in an immediate disqualification.
2. Any playing rule protest must be brought to the attention of the plate umpire before the next pitch following the play.
The tournament committee will make the FINAL decision.
3. The Little League Baseball/Softball Division Regular Season Rules for 2025 will apply. Pitch count will be in effect for Baseball.
This will mean you may only run for the Pitcher or Catcher
with the last out.
4. SPECIAL NOTE
TEAMS MAY START AND FINISH WITH 8 PLAYERS. NO AUTOMATIC
OUT FOR THE MISSING BATTER.
MERCY RULE
5. The mercy Rule is in effect for the entire tournament.
(A) 15 runs after 3
(B) 10 runs after 4
(C) 8 runs after 5
6. The new extra inning rule will be in effect.
7. In the 10U and 9U divisions of Seabreeze there will be
5 runs or 3 outs per inning.
The sixth inning will be 3 outs
TIME LIMIT
NO INNING MAY START AFTER 2 HOURS !
UNLESS EXTRA INNINGS ARE NEEDED.
THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT FOR PLAYOFFS
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED TO COMPLETION