Join us for the 2012 Iceman Winter Softball Tournament at Caswell Park in North Mankato.  
$100 entry fee per team. 
$500 cash paid back and other prizes.  
Balls will be provided.  
Limited to first 20 pre-registered teams.

• This is a double elimination open tournament.  It is open to the first 20 teams to register and pay the $100 entry fee.  Your entry fee is non-refundable.
• Balls will be provided for you, please bring your own ASA approved bat.
• This tournament will be held on Saturday February 25, 2012.
• Games will begin promptly at 8:00AM.  Please arrive early to get your team checked-in; each player will need to sign a waiver before their first game.  All games will start on the hour, if your team is 10 minutes late it is considered a forfeit.
• You are welcome to bring your own alcohol; it will also be available for sale.  No alcohol in the dugouts or on the fields.

Tournament Rules:

• The game will consist of six innings.  If after 50 minutes, play is into an inning the inning will be completed and the game is over. 
• The first run scored each game is counted as 1.5 runs.
• The home plate umpire will be the official scorekeeper.
• 12” softballs will be used regardless of the composition of your team.
• A coin flip will determine the home team. 
• All players MUST bat in order.
• Traffic cones will be used to designate bases, pitching area, and foul lines. 
• Mercy rule is 12 runs after 3 innings and 10 runs after 4 innings.    
• The home-run rule will be 4 homeruns per game; any subsequent homeruns after the 4 will be recorded as an out.
• If a team has either 8 or 9 players only one out will be recorded at the end of the batters line-up.
• If a team has more than 10 players, each extra player may bat.  Up to 12 batters.
• A team with 7 or less players is considered a forfeit.
• Courtesy Runner- a player must reach first base and then may have a sub-runner by the last person of the same sex who made an out.
• When a batter enters the batter’s box area, the count begins at one ball and one strike.  No courtesy foul-When a ball is fouled after the second strike, the batter is ruled out.
• A base runner may not take a lead until the ball has crossed the plate or the ball is hit.
• The “carpet rule” for calling balls and strikes will be used in all games.  A carpet 3 feet in length will be attached to home plate.  When the ball is pitched, if it lands on any part of the carpet, it will be called a strike.  Any ball which lands on the plate or off the carpet will be called a ball.  The catcher must allow the ball to drop.  The umpire will have the final say on balls and strikes. 
• Pitch height- any pitch that is less than 6’ from the ground or higher than 12’ from the ground will be an illegal pitch, which will result in a ball.  It is at the batters discretion to choose which pitches to swing at.
• When a ball is in play and is overthrown (out-of-play territory); the ball is dead and the one-plus-one rule is in effect.  The one-plus-one rule is the base runner gets to go to the base they were going too plus one more.  If the ball stays in play, it is a live ball.
• Infield-fly rule shall be in effect when there are 0 or 1 outs and runners on 1^st and 2^nd, or 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd.

Last Years Event:
Check out this video from the 2011 event.