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G. Mandatory Classification

01. Mandatory Player Classification. Starting January 1 each year will start a player appeal process where each player can submit an appeal to have their player rating dropped. This process ends August 1 and at that time appeals will not be accepted until January. We have taken our team guidelines and based it on the ASA Code in which a team could have 3 Mandatory players from the next higher division on their roster. We consider our list equal to Mandatory rated players. With the player rating system that we have in place helps create a fair and level playing field for all of our teams not only at a local but also at a national level. Below are the guidelines that we use on how to classify a team. Players on the ASA Restricted List can only participate in the Men’s A or Coed Open Programs. A Player may have a + (plus) designation, this player cannot play down a class.

Men’s Slow Pitch

  • 01.Men’s A = 5 Player’s from the ASA Restricted Players List.
  • 02.Men’s B = 3 A Rated players and no players Class A+ or from the Restricted Player List.
  • 03.Men’s C = Three ( 3 ) B classified players and no players from Class A, Class B+, or the ASA Restricted Player's List.
  • 04.Men’s D = Three ( 3 ) C classified players and no players from Class A, Class B, Class C+, or the Restricted Player's List.
  • 05.Men’s E = Three ( 3 ) D classified players and no players from Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D+ or the Restricted Player's List.
  • 06. Men’s Masters 35-Over, 40-Over, and 45-Over Slow Pitch. Competitive division will be allowed up to three ( 3 ) players from the ASA Restricted Players List. Recreation division will be allowed up tp three ( 3 ) Class C rated players and no players rated A+, A, B+, B, C+ or from the ASA Restricted Player List.

Women’s Slow Pitch

  • 07. Women’s Open = Any Female Player
  • 08. Women’s C = Three ( 3) Open classified players.
  • 09. Women’s D = Three ( 3 ) C classified players and no Open classified players.

Co-ed Slow Pitch

  • 10. Co-ed Open = Any Female Player and two ( 2 ) male players from the ASA Restricted Player’s List.
  • 11. Co-ed C = No Open classified female players and no male classified players from Class A, Class B, or the ASA Restricted Player's List.
  • 12. Co-ed D = Two ( 2 ) female C classified players and two ( 2 ) male C classified players.  No Open classified female players or male players from Class A, Class B, or the ASA Restricted Players List.
NOTE: Players that have no ASA playing history should be handled in the following manner. If a track record of a player can be verified in another National Association that player can be rated at that level or higher.





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