BLOOD ‘N GUTS REGISTRATION PAYMENT 

NEW IN 2026

Teams that pay upfront in full guarantee their spot in the tournament.

Teams that register with the non-refundable deposit must pay the remaining balance by SEPTEMBER 24TH for BLOOD and OCTOBER 1ST for GUTS to guarantee a spot in the tournament. If there is no communication and the balance is not paid by the deadline, your team will be dropped from the tournament.

TEAMS AND ROSTERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH NCS

DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 7TH

Rosters must be managed through NCS. Only NCS rosters will be accepted. A $75 NCS fee is required to register with NCS and must be paid on their website at playncs.com. If your team is already registered with NCS for 2026, no additional fees will be due when you register your roster. Teams and rosters must be registered with NCS before June 15th.

ROSTER RESTRICTIONS

MEN’S RESTRICTIONS

Can have 5 points max!
D or below = 0 points
C = 2 points each
B = 3  points each
NO Players higher than B

COED RESTRICTIONS

Can have 2 points max!
Women Players – 0 points
Men D or below = 0 points
Men C = 2 point each
NO B or higher players

RANKING INFORMATION

NCS Rankings and Info:
https://playncs.com/slowpitch/rankings

*If a player is not listed on our NCS ranking’s list, we use the current year’s HIGHEST USSSA ROSTER to determine what a player is ranked with us. If not on a current USSSA roster we will revert to previous years highest USSSA roster. Please use link above for more info.

Roster information taken from National USSSA / All World rankings  – For player rankings click here

ROSTER VIOLATION:
If a player is caught playing for a team without being listed on their roster, the team will forfeit the game in question. A 2nd offense on a team and/or player will result in being eliminated from tournament play.

If a player is caught on a roster on more than one team in the same division, that player will be ejected from tournament play.

REFUND POLICY

No refunds if the event is canceled for any acts beyond our control not limited to but including acts of God, public health concerns, and government-mandated event closures.  Under these circumstances, we will do our best to reschedule or apply your deposits to a future event.

Once the tournament begins:
50% refund if rained out with one game – 25% refund with two games played.
No refund if rained out with three or more games played.

SOME OF THE STANDARDS

Please defer to the printable official rules button above (coming this fall). All rules on that rule sheet are final. The rules listed below are a guideline and all rules will defer to the printable official rules above. Rules will follow the All World Rule book, unless otherwise specified here.

EARLY START TIMES

1. Teams must be at field ready to play 20 minutes prior to scheduled game time. If a game can start early it will!
2. Early game times will start on umpires mark.
3. Late teams will become visitor and home team will be rewarded 2 runs per 5 minutes until original bracketed start time.
4. If team is not ready by bracketed start time, it will be ruled a forfeit.

GAME TIMES

Official Game Times will be kept on universal smartphone time
1.  NO NEW INNING AFTER 50 Minutes
2.  All brackets are considered separate tournaments. We will NOT hold up a game for players on another team. NO EXCEPTIONS!
3.  Game clocks will start on time. If a team is not ready at the bracketed start time, it will be ruled a forfeit.

LAG RULE

Before each game, teams unite with ump to Lag for home or visitor.

APPROVED BALLS

.44 CORE / 375
*NO ONYX BRANDED BALLS

BALLS

Blood ‘N Guts will provide each Men’s team two (2) Men’s .44/375 balls and each Coed team two (2) Men’s .44/375 balls, PLUS one (1) Coed .44/375 ball at tournament check-in. All balls must be shagged during game play. If balls are not shagged, then the team who hit the ball out of play must throw in anapproved replacement ball.

Additional balls will be available for purchase at the merchandise booth at each complex.

APPROVED BATS

All bats must have a 220 OR 240 thumb print or stamp / USA STAMPED BATS ARE ALSO ALLOWED
Pure Sports Boneyard & Dublin Dirty branded bats are approved across all divisions – after all, they are USSSA bats

DESIGNATED HOMERUN HITTER

Each team will designate a homerun hitter who gets unlimited bombs. (does not count toward your team total). If a team walks the Designated Homerun Hitter, then your team will receive an extra homerun to hit.

PITCHING

• 6′ – 12′
• Body
• No juking

LINEUP LIMITATIONS

All teams may bat up to 12.
Coed may bat 9, 10 or 12. May not bat 11. All 10 players in the field must bat.

RULE MODIFICATIONS

The Tournament has the right to modify game start times and rules pending on weather or miscellaneous incident

EXTRA INNINGS

1. Extra inning games will be played after time has expired (or the end of the 7th inning of course).
2. Extra innings will be played under the one pitch rule, with only 1pitch per batter with NO foul to give. The strikeout rule will not be in effect.
3. Ball = a walk. Strike = out. You will start each inning off with a player on secondbase (the last BATTER from previous inning).
4. International Tie-breaker Rules (with the exception of other unique tourney rules).
5.  A maximum of ten runs in the top half inning will be allowed in extra innings. If the away team scores 10 runs in the top of the inning, the half inning will stop and the home team will have a chance to win if they score 11 runs.

FORFEITS

If a team forfeits in a game where the loser of that game drops to a lower division (then that team will be eliminated from the tournament)

ROSTER PROTESTS

ALL PROTESTS WILL BE $500 CASH PER FULL ROSTER. BOTH the team in question AND your team’s roster will be pulled for legitimacy on both rosters. If you lose your protest, you lose the cash. All roster protests must take place prior to the conclusion of the 2nd inning, or immediately after the player enters the game.