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I. TEAMS
1. Each team must designate a manager that can be
reached in the event of rainouts.
2. Each team is required to pay an entrance fee prior to the start of
the 4th game. That fee shall be determined at the first
league meeting each spring.
II. PLAYERS AND EQUIPMENT
1. Each player, male or female, must be at least
15 years old.
2. Each team is allowed 2 or 3 non-Christians. The remaining players
are expected to be regular members of the church they are playing for.
3. Players are responsible for maintaining a Christian attitude at all
games. No profanity or use of alcohol or tobacco is allowed.
4. Ejection of a player from a game automatically suspends that player
for the next game(s) his or her team plays. The number of games for this
suspension is equal to the number of times the player has been ejected
from games during the season.
5. See attached bat list for allowed and banned bats. All other must
be approved by commissioner.
6. A game ball will be provided but the home team must provide a
backup ball (a previous game’s game ball).
III. PLAYING SCHEDULE AND PLAYOFFS
1. Scheduling and playoff plans shall be decided
before the start of each season.
2. After the schedule is established, teams are required to notify the
league president of any required schedule changes (regular and
postseason) before the start of the season. After the season starts the
team requiring the change will have to forfeit.
3. Make up games shall be scheduled as early as possible. The home
team manager is responsible for the rescheduling of postponed games.
Please be flexible with make up dates.
4. Playoffs shall be single-elimination tournament with exception of a
play-in game( if needed).
5. The following criteria, in the order given, shall determine playoff
entry. 1. Head-to-head 2. Overall strength of victory 3. Coin toss
6. A player must appear in half of the games games to be eligible for
the playoffs. If a player is injured please let the league president
know. Scorebooks may be required to verify eligibility.
IV. GAMES
1. A forfeit will be declared if a team cannot
field eight players within ten minutes of the scheduled starting time.
The forfeiting team must pay all umpire fees regardless of being home or
away.
2. If a team starts with eight players, the opposition shall supply a
courtesy catcher whose sole function shall be to return the pitched ball
to the pitcher. This courtesy catcher cannot help or hinder the
defensive team in any other way. A team that starts with eight or nine
players may build the lineup to ten players if additional players become
available.
3. The home team will be responsible for leading both teams in a prayer
at home plate, before the start of each game.
4. The ASA 12 run rule will be in effect after the 5th
inning for all league and playoff games, with the exception of the final
game(s) of the league playoffs. The home team does have the right to
bat if the visiting team went up twelve or more in the top half of the
inning.
5. The winning team manager is responsible for ensuring that game
scores are reported.
6. An eleventh hitter may be included in a team lineup. Please inform
the other team . The extra player may bat at any place in the batting
order, and may substitute in the field as the manager chooses. The
extra player may not be added to the roster after the game begins.
7. A pinch runner may be used for an injured player but the pinch runner
must be used every time the injured player reaches base and must be the
person who made the last out. The opposing team must be informed of an
injured player.
8. A pinch runner (a bench
player) also may be used during a game once and the player may
re-enter. The second time a runner is used the player may not
re-enter.
9. If a team starts with eleven players, they must use eleven players
throughout. If a player must leave and no substitute is available, his
position in the batting order will be scored an out each rotation.
Exception: If an injured player must leave the lineup, there is no
penalty.
10. It is the runner’s responsibility to avoid collisions on the base
paths. In the event of a collision, the umpire will make a judgment
call as to the status of the runner. A runner will be declared out if
he remains on his feet and crashes into a defensive player who has the
ball. If this act is flagrant the runner shall be ejected. A player
must slide to avoid collisions.
11. A game is considered a legal game after 5 innings are complete.
12. A game rained out before 5 innings should be restarted.
V. UNIFORMS
1. No metal cleats, no football or golf shoes may
be worn by a player at any time during the game.
2. Teams are encouraged to have at least uniform shirts to wear during
games.
VI. UMPIRES
1. The plate umpire is the umpire in charge.
2. Home team is responsible
for supplying a umpire as designated on the league schedule. |