BASEBALL QUEENSLAND EVENTS
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Play Baseball Townsville
25 February, 2023 @ 3:00 pm
Play Baseball Townsville
Festival of baseball
Date & Time: 25 FEBRUARY, 2023 at 3pm
Location: 20-18 jabiru ave, condon
Ages: 4+ years
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CLUB:
Northern Jets Baseball
Stu: 0408 816 378
secretary@northernjets.com.au
Taipans Baseball Club
Peter: 0419 734 512
riggsyfeldt@hotmail.com
Mustangs Baseball Townsville
Daniel: 0413 001 959
mustangsbaseballtownsville@gmail.com
We are excited to announce our first ever Baseball Festival in Townsville!
Saturday Afternoon from 3pm will be a great chance for juniors to come try various forms of our game with skills and challenges. We will have clubs available on site to discuss the season and membership packages.
- T-Ball
- Baseball 5
- Skills Station
- Wiffle Ball
- Home Run Derby
- Movie on the infield at dark
On Sunday we have a great way to kick off 2023 for the seniors with a day of Bananaball Games.
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- The team that scores the most runs in an inning gets one point, except in the 9th inning when every run counts as one point. If an inning ends with one team at five points and a lead, that team wins.
- A two-hour time limit on games. If a team is leading on points at that time, it wins.
- No bunting. A batter who attempts a bunt is ejected from the game.
- Batters are not allowed to step out of the batters box; a violation is an automatic strike.
- Batters are allowed to “steal” first base. Specifically, they can attempt to advance to first base in case of a wild pitch or passed ball at any time during the at-bat.
- No mound visits are allowed.
- Walks are now called sprints. After the fourth ball, the batter is allowed to advance as far around the bases as he can. The ball must be sequentially thrown to all of the fielders apart from the pitcher, starting with the catcher; the ball remains dead, with the batter-runner not liable to be put out, until all fielders apart from the pitcher and catcher have touched the ball.
- Foul Balls caught by fans are counted as outs.
- Ties are broken by a “1 on 1 showdown.” Each team selects a pitcher and hitter to face off, with the pitching team having only the pitcher, catcher, and a single fielder during the showdown. The hitter has to score a run in order to earn a point for the tiebreaker. A batter who draws a walk advances to second base, with the hitting team allowed to send a new batter to the plate. A showdown inning can only end with an out or a run scored.