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A League Rules
A LEAGUE [11-12 years old]
Transitional Program - Existing skills are refined while new skills and more complex strategies are introduced. SUMMARY: Work on pitching and fielding skills become more detailed and strategic as realistic game experienced. Competition situations are taught and again increase. Year-end tournament with championship games at Duncan Field FIELD SPECIFICATIONS Fields Used: North Rec 18th & Saunders South Rec 16th & Saunders High School Field 18th & Saunders Bases: 70 feet Distance Between home plate and pitcher’s rubber: 50 feet Batter’s Box: Regulation size Coach’s Box: 4 feet from 1st & 3rd Base; 4 feet wide - 8 feet long (towards home) Home Team Bench: Third Base Scoreboards: Home team shall have parent run Field Prep and Pickup: Home Team is responsible for setting up field, shall be completed 20 minutes prior to game time. EQUIPMENT Ball: LL/BR Baseball Bats: 33" x 2 1/4" maximum Bases: 2" Pop - Up Shoes: No Metal Cleats Shirt: Provided Hat: Must be purchased separately Grey Pants: Must be purchased separately Helmets: Players must wear when batting, on deck or running or as a base coach. Adults must wear helmet when position on the field as base coaches. ROSTER Number of Batters: Full Roster bats Number of Fielders: 9 Required Playing Time: Required to play half of the innings played; Players must start at least every other game in the field (may not start consecutive games on the bench). Position Limits: None Substitution: Free Number of Coaches Unrestricted - 2 on the field (must be in coach’s box when pitch is thrown) Umpires: Paid base and plate Complete Team: 9 Minimum Players: Regular Season Teams may play with 7 or 8 players, but there must be nine spots in the batting lineup. An out must be taken each time one of the empty spot is due up to bat. The automatic out position(s) in the lineup may be placed at any place in the order, and need not be consecutive, but must remain the same throughout the game. The out will be declared when (1) the pitcher holds the ball on the mound prepared to face the empty spot, -OR- (2) TIME is legally granted following the end of the at-bat prior to the empty spot. Tournament Games Teams failing to have a complete team on the field by fifteen (15) minutes after scheduled time shall forfeit game. Tournament games must have nine (9) players to start game. Time waiting for player counts as game time GAME REGULATIONS: Complete Game: 6 innings; no extra innings during regular season; 4 innings (3.5 if home team is leading) will constitute a complete game in the case of inclement weather or time limit. Mercy Rule: If a team is ahead by 10 runs or more at the end of the 4th inning, or at the end of any inning thereafter, the game shall be over. The home team need not bat in the last inning if they are ahead. Time Limit: Two hours (first game start time is the scheduled game time, regardless of actual time of first pitch; second game start time is the actual time of first warm-up pitch) Warm-Up: Each team has 10 minutes. Home Team takes infield first. Bad Weather/Wet Fields: Both coaches of teams playing make decision at game time if fields are playable. Coaches and umpires will make decision to stop games in progress. If lightning is with in two (2) miles, games must be stopped. Games not finished and not a complete game, will be resumed at the point they were suspended. Jewelry: Players, coaches and managers shall not wear jewelry. This includes all piercings. Medical alert, religious bracelets or necklaces are not considered jewelry, but must be taped. Pitch Limit: 70 pitches per day; Maximum 140 per week 1 to 34 pitches – may pitch next day 35 to 44 pitches -- 1 day of rest required 45 to 70 pitches -- 2 days of rest required Rest begins at midnight after the game Modifications to Official Baseball Rules: Bat Throw Warning: 1 per team BASERUNNING: Leading off: Permitted Stealing: Allowed at all bases including home. PENALTY: Play allowed to occur. When play is over, the umpire shall call “Time” and give the defensive team the option of allowing the result of the play to stand or to have the play nullified and all runners returned to their positions from before the pitch. If the play is nullified, then the pitch is a “no pitch” and the count remains the same as before the violation. Overthrows: No special rules for overthrows that remain in the field of play (i.e. the ball remains live and runners may advance at their own risk). Overthrows that leave the field of play will be governed by the Official Rules of Baseball. At fields where the fences do not entirely enclose the field, the field of play is limited to the area that would be inside the fence if the fence were extended to enclose the field. Balls passing the plane of the fence line are considered out of play and bases shall be awarded according to the Official Rules of Baseball. Contact Rule: Runners must slide or give themselves up if play is imminent at the base they are attempting to reach. PENALTY: The runner is out. The ball is dead. All runners return to last base legally touched. Dropped Third Strike: Batter is out – may not advance to first base Infield Fly Rule: Official Baseball Rules enforced. PITCHING: Balks: Fake throw to home or first base shall be enforced as balks; all others shall be a dead ball, with no penalty Warm-Up Pitches: Seven (7) pitches are allowed to starting pitchers in the first inning or new pitchers entering game. After that - Five (5) pitches are allowed. Trips to the Mound: 2 trips to any one pitcher in any one inning. On the second trip to the mound, to the same pitcher in the same inning means the pitcher must be replaced. If a coach leaves the mound area (15 ft circle) and then talks to the pitcher again or new pitcher who is warming up, it will be considered as another trip to the mound Conduct: coaches are responsible for the conduct of not only themselves, but their players, and parents. Umpires may give warnings for unsportsmanlike conduct of players, coaches (including refusal to remain in coach’s box) and parents. If a second warning is given, no matter what the score, the game is over and the other team wins. The coach must appear before the Youth League board before the team will be allowed to play another game Discipline Rule: A coach may discipline a player for not attending practices. But he must first talk to the League commissioner before denying the player playing time. Vacation is not a reason to discipline a player. Protests: Protests must be made in writing and turned in to the League Commissioner by 12 noon the day following the game being protested. The only protests considered will be a violation of the pitching rules or not playing a player in the required innings. Calls made by umpires are not grounds for a protest, if you have questions regarding a ruling by an umpire please contact the Umpire Coordinators.
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