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1.
The pitchers
“mound” shall be a circle with a diameter of five feet (5’), the
center of which shall be thirty-five feet (35’) from the point of home
plate.
This circle shall follow the normal contour of the
infield.
The Pitching machine shall sit 45 feet from
home plate with a circle with a diameter of five feet (5’) in which the
pitcher coach shall stand. The Pitching machine settings will be as
follows:
March-April- 32 m.p.h.; May- 34 m.p.h.
2.
The baselines shall be 50 feet (50’).
3.
The on-deck batter must be behind the batter which is batting, and
wearing a batting helmet.
4.
Bunting is not permitted.
5.
The bat shall be a standard youth softball bat.
6.
The bat shall be one piece of solid round hardwood,
one piece of hollow metal (aluminum or magnesium), molded plastic on a
metal base (inner), or nylon and wood combination.
Maximum barrel width: 2 ¼”.
The bat shall be not less than twenty-six
inches (26”) nor more than thirty-two inches (32”) in length.
Exception: 26” and 27” baseball or Tee Ball bats may be used.
Only officially approved softball bats are
legal.
7.
Helmets must be worn by batters, base runners, and deck runners at all
times.
8.
Starting line-ups consist of nine or ten (9 or 10)
defensive players, and entire team for offensive line-up.
If nine players cannot be fielded within 15
minutes of official starting time, a forfeit results, however, an
unofficial game will be played.
*EXAMPLE:
If team “A” has 14 players and team “B” has
12 players, then team “A” has an option to bat only 12 players.
This does not affect the required number of
innings each player must play.
9.
Each player must play on defense at least 3
complete innings and bat at least once.
If a player is benched for discipline
reasons, this must be reported to the scorekeeper and a note made on the
score sheet.
10.
Substitutions must be made at the beginning of each half-inning.
(Injuries are an exception).
11.
The infield fly rule is not in effect.
12.
Base stealing is not permitted.
A base runner must be in contact with her
base at the time the ball is hit by the batter.
13.
Once a pitched ball has been hit by a batter, for a
play to stop, the ball must be thrown to the coach in the pitcher’s
circle by a player from the infield position only. (Play stops even of
the coach doesn’t catch the ball).
A ball thrown to the pitcher-coach from an
out-fielder must not be touched by the pitcher-coach.
14.
Batters will be allowed only five (5) pitches
unless the last pitch is fouled.
The
batter will receive another pitch.
There is no limit on third strike fouls.
15.
A batter is out after three strikes or five
pitches.
No batter can advance to first on a walk.
Balls pitched, which in the umpires
judgement are not in the strike zone, shall not count as pitches if the
batter does not attempt to hit the ball.
16.
A runner can tag and advance on a fly ball whether in fair or foul
territory if caught.
17.
The offensive team coach in the pitching circle must make an effort to
get out of the line of play.
18.
The batter shall be called out for slinging the bat after one warning
and runners returned to their bases.
19.
A team on defense shall be allowed no more than
three time-outs per inning.
Exception:
Injury to a player or other emergency.
20.
The team on offense shall be allowed 6 runs or 3
outs whichever comes first.
Exception:
All runs scoring after the 6th
run on the same play will count.
The most possible runs in one inning is nine
(9).
21.
There is no time limit; six innings or until a tie
is broken.
The park officials do reserve the right to
limit games to five innings if back to back games are being played.
22.
Players, managers, coaches, or any other
participants may be removed
from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct after the team has been warned
one (1) time.
23.
Managers or coaches are not allowed to smoke, dip,
or chew tobacco on the field at any time.
Profane or filthy language is not permitted
at Gospel Projects Park.
Penalty:
One Warning; next offense expulsion from
game and park!
24.
A regulation game consists of 6 innings.
A game shall be called after 4 innings if a
team is ahead by more than nineteen (19) runs.
Ten (10) runs after five innings if home
team is ahead.
25.
A protest which involves an umpire’s judgement
shall not be accepted.
Only the team manager or the acting manager
shall be entitled to file a protest.
The only legal protest shall be one which
involves a violation of playing rules or the use of an ineligible
player.
This protest must be filed with the
commissioner or league president within 24 hours of the games
completion.
26.
Any improper action on the part of the
pitcher-coach during the time that the ball is in play will result in
the ball being declared dead immediately and the batters returning to
the base they occupied prior to the pitch (The pitch shall stand as a
strike).
The pitcher-coach may not coach, assist, or
give signals to any base runner.
The pitcher-coach may verbally assist a
player at bat, but shall not delay the game to do so.
27.
A line shall be marked in white chalk half-way
between 1st and 2nd, between 2nd and 3rd,
and between 3rd and home plate.
If a runner has not crossed that line by the
time the ball reaches the pitcher’s circle, she must return to the base
she last occupied after the ball is dead.
If she continues and is put out, the out
shall stand.
If she continues and is safe, she still must
return to the last base she officially occupied.
28.
If the scorekeeper or the umpire recognizes that a
batter is batting out of order, it will be their responsibility to stop
play and have the right batter come to bat.
If there is a count on the batter, the
correct batter will assume that count.
If the officials fail to catch the error in
the batting order and the opposing manager catches it and informs the
umpire before the first pitch
to the next batter, then the illegal batter shall be called out and the
runners (if any) shall return to the base they occupied when the illegal
batter came to bat.
The scorekeeper shall then call the proper
batter to the plate.
If no one recognizes the presence of an
illegal batter until after the first pitch to the next batter has been
thrown, the play shall stand and the batting order straightened out at
that point.
29.
On weekday evening games, no new inning will begin after 6:25 p.m. in
the first game and 8:00 p.m. in the second game.
If second game starts late due to the
previous game, the umpire may add time to the 8:00 p.m. hour. |