1998 The 8th Chinese American softball Tournament of
San Francisco Bay Area
( updated at 1:45 am, May 18, 1998)
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A-league Champion: Falcons (top-left), B-league Champion: Vipers (top-right)
Top-Left: C-league Champion : Wolverines
Celebration Dinner/ CAAT98 Captains meeting: Loon Wah restaurant , Sunday, 5/17/98.
CAAT'98 meeting - draft for schedule: 6:00 pm
HH'98 Celebration Dinner/Awards giving: 7:00 pm
Robert Chen (408) 446-3565 or email rchen7@best.com
Registration for CAAT'98 - Summer Tournament is due on May 15th, 1998. For detail contact Mike Dey at mike.dey@xirlink.com.
| Solari Park | Week #1 | Week #2 | Week #3 | Week #4 | Week #5 (Play-off) | |||||
| 4/18 Sat | 4/19 Sun | 4/24 Sat | 4/25 Sun | 5/02 Sat | 5/03 Sun | 5/09 Sat | 5/10 Sun | 5/16 Sat | 5/17 Sun | |
| 9:00 | C1-C3 | B (Longitude-Tigers) | ||||||||
| 13-7 | 10-6 | |||||||||
| 10:15 | B2-B6 | B3-B7 | C1-C2 | B5-B7 | C2-C3 | B3-B6 | A1-A3 | B6-B7 | Longitude-Evergreen | B(Vipers-Evergreen) |
| 17-8 | 18A-6 | 11-11 | 13-20 | 36-6 | 20-9 | 7-16 | 3-19 | 10-20 | 28-14 | |
| 11:30 | B3-B4 | A2-A4 | C2-C4 | A2-A4 | B1-B6 | A3-A4 | C2-C3 | B1-B3 | Vipers-Tigers | Falcons-Xirlink |
| 9-13A | 16A-6 | 8-7 | 6-10 | 13-13 | 15-18 | 16-6 | 22-11 | 20-8 | 21-6 | |
| 12:45 | B2-B5 | A1-A4 | C1-C4 | A1-A4 | C1-C2 | A3-A4 | C1-C3 | B2-B7 | Wolverines-Renegades | Pandas-Bengal |
| 8-9A | 7A-0 | 3-20 | 9-20 | 1-32 | 8-12 | 17-9 | 7-16 | 6-5 | 15-14 | |
| 2:00 | B4-B6 | A1-A2 | B3-B5 | A2-A3 | B1-B2 | A1-A2 | C2-C4 | C3-C4 | Rough Necks-White Sierra | A (Bengal-Xirlink) |
| 13-15 | 10-5 | 18-15 | 4-24 | 9-10 | 11-17 | 11-12 | 3-14 | 26-3 | 16-11 | |
| 3:15 | B1-B7 | B1-B4 | A1-A3 | C3-C4 | B4-B7 | B1-B5 | A2-A3 | C (Renegades-W. Sierra) | A(Falcons-Pandas) | |
| 5-12A | 10-9 | 15-15 | 2-22 | 11-4 | 23-16 | 0-7A | 12-8 | 9-7 | ||
| 4:30 | B2-B3 | B4-B5 | C1-C4 | C(Wolverines-R. Necks) | ||||||
| 12-1 | 18-15 | 14-15 | 11-1 | |||||||
| 5:45 | B2-B4 |
B5-B6 |
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| 15-5 | 0-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| A | Xirlink | Bengal | Falcons FarSyLa | Pandas | |||
| B | Evergreen | Longitude | Fireline | JCFC Tigers | Drifters | S.V.C.S. | Vipers |
| C | Renegades | Wolverines | White Sierra | Rough Necks |
Location & Direction - Louis Solari Park (March 30, 1998)

Direction: (Capitol Expressway at Seven trees Blvd., San Jose)
From S.F. : take I-280 south, then take 85 south, 87 north , exit at Capitol expressway East, pass 82 (Monterey),
take right turn at next street (Seven Trees Blvd.), then take first left turn and another left turn , and you will see the park.
From S.F.: if take 101 south, exit Capitol Expressway West , pass Senter Rd, see the park at your left hand site, make left turn at Seven Trees Blvd.
Rules (Sept. 10. 1997) * Keep Dugout and Audience Area Clean *
| 1 | . | 10 players (Min 6 players; 4M, 2F (7M/3F) for Co-ed ). Slow Pitch (6 to 12 ' arch). |
| 2 | . | 25 feet commitment line from the 3rd base to the home base is applied. |
| 3 | . | No need to step on the home base in order to score. Warning will be issued for the first player and counted as an out for the rest of the offenders. |
| 4 | . | Start with one strike and one ball. One fault is allowed. Two faults are counted as strikeout. |
| 5 | . | Substitute is allowed for senior ( 60 and up) or injured baserunners. |
| 6 | . | No lead off. No stealing. No bunt. Max 15 runs for each inning for all leagues. No mercy rule. Catcher must wear mask. This is mandatory. |
| 7 | . | Batting order must be on the line-up card for ten players. Additional players are allowed to be added to |
| the batting order. But once the player is added, he/she will not be allowed to drop except the injury. | ||
| 8 | . | 7 innings or 70 minutes games whichever comes first. |
| 9 | . | Level C is a modified Co-Ed. Two female players are required to station in the infield except the |
| pitcher and catcher. Three defense positions are reserved for female only, no male substitution. | ||
| 10 | . | For level-C, the batting order should be: M M F ,Any missing F will be counted as an OUT. |
| 11 | . | Manager is responsible checking the eligibility of players - One player plays ONLY one team except level C & D. |
| For Level-C game, at most four Level-A players are allowed in the field and lineup. | ||
| For Level-D teams, at most three players allowed from other Level; at most three players allowed between 32-35 yr. old. | ||
| 12 | . | All teams using same illegal players will result in $50 penalty. May result in forfeit of game in some conditions. |
| If player represents the 2nd team and identified by other team before the game, he is disqualified from current and next tournaments. | ||
| Game continues. If identified after the game,team using ineligible players forfeits the game. | ||
| 13 | . | Players without any NUMBER are not allowed to play. This is mandatory. ( REV 3/16/97) Team T-shirt/ jersey is recommended. |
| 14 | . | Game time is also the forfeit time if no enough players(60%) come to play. |
| 15 | . | Managers or captains are responsible for the result of scoresheet. Verify with umpire at the end of game. |
| 16 | . | Managers or captains are responsible for monitoring the batting order of other team, behavior of team players, |
| and cleanup of dugout and nearby rest area. Any offending to umpire results in a forfeit of that game. | ||
| 17 | . | First forfeit costs $50. Second forfeit costs $50 and will result in being dropped from the tournament. |
| 18 | . | ASA rules are applied to the rules which are not specified above. |
for 1998 Hai-Hwa
Chinese American softball tournament , April 22,1998
Final Standings (Division A, B, C)
| Division A | Place | Division B | Place | Division C | Place | Division D | Place |
| Falcons | 1 | Vipers | 1 | Wolverines | 1 | ||
| Pandas | 2 | Evergreen | 2 | Rough Necks | 2 | ||
| Bengal | 3 | Longitude | 3 | Renegades | 3 | ||
| Xirlink | 4 | JCFC Tigers | 4 | White Sierra | 4 |
Preliminary Standings (Division A, B, C)
Division A (Final) |
Division B (Final) | Division C (Final) |
Division D | ||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | Pts | Team | W | L | T | Pts | Team | W | L | T | Pts | Team | W | L | T | Pts |
| Xirlink (3) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | Evergreen (3) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Renegades (3) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Bengal (4) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Longitude (2) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Wolverines (2) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Falcons FarSyLa(2) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | FireLine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | White Sierra (4) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Pandas (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | JCFC Tigers (4) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Rough Necks (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Drifters | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| SVCS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Vipers (1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
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