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MBC BASEBALL BYLAWS
 
Athletic Director in Charge:              Altoona
 
Annual Meeting Date:                       1st Wednesday after the conference season.
 
Game Times:                                     Games before April 15th start @ 4:30
                                                            Varsity               5:00 p.m.
                                                            JV                     5:00 p.m.
                                                            C Squad           Determined by schools – sites usually
                                                                                    opposite of JV/V game or on a different
                                                                                    date.
 
Warm-up Time:                                  Home team will take infield first.  Visiting team gets
                                                            Field last 15 minutes.
 
Results:                                               Both teams enter final scores into rSchool.
 
Equipment:                                        Three (3) new baseballs must be furnished by the home
                                                            team.
 
Season Schedule:                               A double round robin schedule must be played to qualify
                                                            for the championship.
 
Make-up Games:                               All make-up games will be 7 innings in length.
                                                            Any postponed games shall be played when mutually
                                                            agreed upon.
Double Headers:                                2- 7 inning games. 
 
Conference Championship:               Will be determined by the best winning percentage of
                                                            conference games.  In the event of a tie, the championship
                                                            will be shared.
 
Conference Awards:                          Championship team will be given fifty dollars ($50.00)
                                                            towards the purchase of a plaque or trophy (school choice)
 
                                                            Each member of the championship team will be given a
                                                            certificate noting the sport and year of the team
                                                            championship.  Commissioner will provide appropriate number to
                                                            each championship team.
 
All-Conference Selection:                  All-conference team will be selected by a meeting of the
                                                            head baseball coaches at the end of the conference
                                                            season.
 
                                                            Twenty-two (22) team members will be selected
                                                            Eleven (11) member will be given honorable mention.
 
 
 
All-Conference Procedure:               
  1. Two weeks before the last MBC contest the MBC Commissioner will request nominations from each team using official forms found on the MBC website.
  2. Commissioner will compile a list and send a copy to each coach for consideration prior to the selection meeting.  
  3. At the selection meeting, each coach will be given time to talk about his/her nominations before the official voting.  
  4. One coach from each school will vote but he/she may not vote for a member of his/her school.  Each coach must fill the ballot completely.  They will vote for 22 players.
Voting procedures for all conference will be as follows:  
  1. The number one player in the conference determined by the coaches shall be given the highest number corresponding with the number of all conference players selected.  In baseball it will be 22.
  2. The number two player will be assigned 21 points and it will continue on in this pattern.
  3. The total number of points from all of the coaches will be tallied.
  4.  The eleven players with the highest number of points will be 1st team all conference and the next eleven players with the highest number of points will be 2nd team all conference.
  5. A player earning Honorable Mention should have received at least two votes.
 
All Conference Awards:                     1st Team All Conference – Certificates (11)
                                                            2nd Team All Conference – Certificates (11)
                                                            Honorable Mention – Certificates (11)
                                                            Appropriate number will be provided by commissioner.

Player of the Year
Coaches may nominate a player from first team for Conference Player of the Year.  Coaches get 1 vote and can not vote for own player.
 
Approved:                                          (11/9/16)