M-60 Diamonds Baseball
League Information

• Organized league play for 10U, 12U and 14U

  • Odd number aged teams (9U, 11U, 13U) play up

  • Age is actual age on April 30 of current year

• 2 Levels of play: 

  • Club for 10U, 12U, 14U - 6 weeks of play followed by 1 week of single-elimination tournament play

  • Recreation (Rec) for 10U or 12U  - 4 weeks of play followed by 1 week of single-elimination tournament play

• Teams provide for home games:

  • Home field

    • This includes grooming and chalking so it is ready for play

  • New baseballs

  • Umpires

    • Preference is for certified umps

    • Preference for 2 umpires - 1 behind the plate, 1 in field of play

• Each team is responsible for having liability insurance

Registration fee covers:

• Preseason Coaches meeting

• Scheduling for weekly game play 

• Scheduling of a signle-elmination end of season tournament

• All-Star Game for 10U & 12U only

• Maintaining league standings through season

• League Awards

  • League Champions: trophies

  • League Runner-Ups: medals

Seeding: Regular season standings (as submitted by coaches) will be used to seed teams into the League Tournament.

Parking: $10 a car 

Locations: 

• 10U & 12U Semifinal and final games will be held at:
  M-60 Diamonds Ball Complex 8380 M-60, Union City, MI 49094 

• 14U tournaments will be held at a site TBD

Field Dimensions: 

• 10U Baseball: 46 ft (pitching); 60 ft (bases) 

• 12U Baseball: 50 ft (pitching); 70 ft (bases) 

• 14U Baseball: 54 ft (pitching); 80 ft (bases)

  • 60 ft (pitching); 90 ft (bases) may be used if necessary

*High school rules apply unless otherwise indicated.* 

Home Team: Higher seed will determine the home team. 

Official book: Home team is the official book. 

Game Length: 6 inning games 

Game Start: First pitch is the official start time. 

Time Limit: 

• Baseball: 1 hour 30 minutes per game

• Softball: 75 minutes per game

Forfeits: Game time is forfeit time, unless the delay is put in place by M-60 Diamonds personnel or caused by the previous game’s completion. 

Mercy Run Rule: 12 after 3, 10 after 4, 8 after 5 

Run Limits: same as league play games (varies by age division)

Weather & Other Impacts: 

• Tournament may be played in adverse weather conditions as long as it is deemed safe.

• The tournament director reserves the right to change the tournament format as he sees fit in order to complete the tournament in the scheduled time period. 

•  In the event that a game is stopped, the following will apply: 

  • If prior to 3 complete innings, it will be declared a suspended game and shall be resumed at the exact point of suspension (time limit, mercy and tiebreaker rules apply). 

  • If after 3 complete innings, it shall be ruled a complete game from the last completed inning 

  • When it is tied after being declared a complete game, tie breaker rules will apply. 

M-60 Diamonds Director shall have the final decision on all tournament questions. The director’s interpretation of both the aforementioned rules and regulations and additional details provided at a later date shall be final. The director reserves the right to decide all tournament matters.

All Star Game Information

Participants: Head coach of each team will submit their own athletes participating in the All-Star game.

Participant Submission Window: Submissions will be submitted the first half of June using a provided form..

Number of Participants per Team: Number of participants will be divided evenly between teams to ensure a minimum of 22 participants are available to play.

Each participant will receive an All-Star game t-shirt.