2010 CONVENTION RESULTS

  • The Tater Mitts (9-21) have changed their franchise to the Armadildos (0-0)
  • The Dingleberries (5-39) have changed their franchise to the FUP Grass Kickers (0-0)
  • There will be a trade deadline of July 10th, 2010
  • No More than 5 players a team
  • To trade, player has to have been on the roster for 3 games, and money cannot be involved (Joe Czarnik Clause)
  • Before a team captain drops a player, The player must have spent 10 games with the team
  • If you quit a team, then you are done for the season. You cannot sign with another team. You can ask your team captain to drop you, but you must have spent at least 10 games with the team
  • April 17th, 2010 is AWA Sign Ups
  • $7 Entrance Fee
  • The team supplies their own Championship awards
  • April 24th, 2010 is the AWA Draft
  • Draft Order- 1. FUP Grass Kickers 2. Armadildos 3. Unsalted Pugs 4. CullPepper Salt
  • May 1st, 2010 starts the pre-season. Games can only be held on the weekend. Games are not scheduled, but rather, the team captains schedule games with other teams
  • May 29th, 2010 starts the AWA Season. CullPepper Salt vs Unsalted Pugs kicks off the season. Followed by the Armadildos vs The Dingleberries
  • 30 five inning games in the season. Playoffs, best of 7
  • All Star Weekend will remain the same as the previous years. 3 days midway through the season will be designated for the celebration. Day 1- Activities, All Star - Celebrity Softball game. Day 2- All-State HR Derby Presented by Subway. Day 3- All Star Game
  • All Star voting will remain the same as last year. Everyone gets to vote for 3 people in each division and the council looks over the results and makes final decision. North Division- Unsalted Pugs & The Dingleberries. South Division- CullPepper Salt & Armadildos
  • Errors have been added to the stat keeping. Stats being kept are Hits, RBI's, HR's, E's, and ERA
  • If you are 10 minutes late to a game start, its up to the other team to let you play (Pat Ramsey Clause)
  • Team Entrances begin 10 minutes early to the Game Start time
  • Coin Toss begins 5 minutes early to the Game Start time. If the captain is not present for a coin toss, that team automatically defers. If both captains are absent, then coin toss will continue between players of the participating teams
  • National Anthems of player's countries will be played
  • A fight (Physical Contact) during or after a game is a 3 game suspension (Chico Jose Clause)
  • Breaking Field Property (Fencing, House, Shovel, etc...) is a 4 game suspension (Matt Wark Clause Sect. 1)
  • Throwing a bat over the fence that is determined to be on purpose, or hitting someone with a thrown bat is a 1 game suspension. After the 3rd accidental throw of a bat, the player is suspended 1 game (Matt Wark Clause Sect. 2)
  • After 3 balls thrown over the fence, player is suspended 1 game (Matt Wark Clause Sect. 3)
  • Using the hose without permission from Benny B is a 1 game suspension (Matt Wark Clause Sect. 4)
  • Bringing a pool to the field is a 2 game suspension (Tater Mitt Clause)
  • Destruction to the field is a 3 game suspension (Digging in the field, ripping grass, kicking dirt, throwing mud and or apples, etc...) [Matt Wark Clause Sect. 5]
  • Running onto the field or interfering with the game, when you are not a player in the game, is a 2 game suspension. Not stopping when the team tells you to stop something, 2 game suspension (Matt Wark Clause sect. 6)
  • Slowing the pace of the game down and interfering with play is a 2 game suspension (Matt Wark Clause sect. 7)
  • Home team chooses music to be played
  • To enter the league after the sign up date, is $10.
  • Wes LaValley III is the 2010 AWA Mascot
  • A game can exceed 11:00 PM ET  if both captains decide to continue. If at least one captain wishes to postpone after 11:00 PM ET then the game is postponed to a future date where the game lies. Same goes with heavy storms
  • Barbiturates and Benzodiazapines are illegal drugs in the AWA
  • Games will only be held at Tiere Field this year
  • Have Fun out there


2009 CONVENTION RESULTS

 

  • We have 2 new AWA team captains this year. Chico Jose Morales will captain the Dingleberries, and Patrick Ramsey is taking over the old Rubix Cubes franchise.
  • Patrick Ramsey is changing the name of his franchise into the Tater Mitts.
  • 30 regular season games will be played this year.
  • Big League Chew and Badger Milk is now allowed in the AWA
  • All Mountain Dew is still banned, also any flavored altoids are banned too.
  • You are allowed to trade picks in the draft, but no trading of future year's picks. There is a cap of 4 players to a team, and a minimum of 2 players for that team to be in the league.
  • A captain can only release a player on bad behavior grounds, and he has to run it by Commissioner Benny B
  • The season trade deadline ends right before the first game of the playoffs is played.
  • Captain impeachment is possible with the consent of all the players on that captains team. It will then go to the front office for a final decision.
  • 2 out of 4 teams make it to the playoffs. The playoffs is a best 4 out of 7 championship series.
  • Admission to the league is $10.
  • Wifflestock rules will be used with games at White Brook/Daley field, and last years rules will apply at games at Tiere Field.
  • Voting for 2009 awards and all-stars... Everyone in the league will cast a vote. The council will then meet and make the final decisions. The votes only matter as guides for the council. They do not account to anything. All final matters will reside with the council's decisions.
  • There will be a North and South division, only for the purpose of seperating the top 3 players of each divison for the all-star game. In the North is The Dingleberries and the Unsalted Pugs, and in the South is the Cull Pepper Salt and the Tater Mitts.
  • The All-Star break will consist of three days. The first day will be the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game, the second day is the All-State HR Derby presented by Subway, and the third day is the actual All-Star 3v3 game.
  • A hits category will be added to this year's stats.
  • Sign ups for the league is sunday the 31st from 3-7 at White Brook. It is $10. When you sign up you will recieve a free Hamburger from Benny B (With the exeption of Mr. Jose who will recieve a frozen beast)
  • The AWA Draft will be held June 6th. A time and place is yet to be determined. All captains must attend, players can attend if they want.
  • SUSPENSIONS/FINES-
  • Little Chico-like brawl- 4 games
  • Legit physical brawl- 6 games
  • Stupid suspension (A matt wark)- 2 games
  • You will be fined $2 for every game you are suspended (Exp. 6 games= $12)
  • Picard can play (If he signs up)
  • Wesley Lavalle can play (If he signs up)
  • The home team gets to listen to any music they please and can bring their own CD
  • The Tater Mitts have announced their 2009 Theme song-  Bird Walk by Soulja Boy.
  • Ri Ri's Grammy is the new AWA Mascot

 

 

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