2015 MEN'S 40 & OVER TUESDAY NIGHT SOFTBALL LEAGUE RULES

 

 

RULE 1

ENTRANCE FEE IS $700 TO BE PAID IN FULL PRIOR TO FIRST GAME. A $150.00 DEPOSIT IS DUE AT MEETING.

ALL GAMES WILL HAVE A 1 & 1 COUNT ON THE BATTER

 

 

RULE 2

GAME TIMES FIELD ONE, 6:15 / 7:30 / 8:45 (15 MIN. GRACE 1st. GAME ONLY). TIME LIMIT ON FIELD 1 GAMES ARE 65 MIN.+ 1 INNING. UMP WILL STATE WHEN THE 65 MIN. IS UP.  FIELD 2 START AT 6:30 (NO TIME LIMIT.)

 

 

RULE 3

 PLAYERS PLAY AT OWN RISK  NO  ACCIDENT INSURANCE  ( 20 PLAYERS) MAX. PER ROSTER

 

SUSPECTED ALTERED BATS WILL BE PULLED FROM THE GAME OR BOTH  TEAMS CAN USE IT

AGE LIMITS ( 1 PLAYER UNDER 45 OVER 40 ) ( 3 PLAYERS UNDER 50 OVER 45 ) REST ALL OVER 50

PLAYER USING  ILEGAL  BAT WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE LEAGUE

 

 

 

 

RULE 4

 MAY START THE GAME WITH  (8) PLAYERS. YOU CAN ADD PLAYERS NINE AND TEN ANY TIME DURING

 

THE GAME, MUST BAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP. ONCE THE LEADOFF BATTER HAS COMPLETED HIS 2nd

 

AT BAT, BATTERS 11 THRU 14  CANNOT BE ADDED. IF YOU ONLY HAVE  (6) PLAYERS, YOU MAY BORROW (2)

 

PLAYERS SO YOU CAN HAVE  MIN.( 8 ) TO PLAY  WITH NO PENALTY, PROVIDED THE  OPPOSING TEAM AGREES.

 

IF YOUR PLAYERS SHOW UP YOU MUST REPLACE THE BORROWED PLAYERS WITH YOUR TEAM PLAYERS.

 

 CANNOT USE BORROWED PLAYERS TO MAKE 9&10. NO PENALTY IF YOU CANNOT  REPLACE AN INJURED PLAYER

 

 

RULE 5

STARTERS AND SUBS CAN ENTER THE GAME MORE THAN ONCE.  FOR EXAMPLE, BOB IN FOR JOE, THEN JOE BACK

 

IN FOR BOB, AND THEN BOB IN AGAIN FOR JOE.

 

 

RULE 6

HOME RUN RULE ON FIELD 1. AFTER A TEAM HAS HIT FOUR (4) OVER THE FENCE, EACH  BALL HIT OVER THE

 

FENCE IS A SINGLE, UNLESS THE TEAM MAINTAINS A ONE-UP ADVANTAGE EXAMPLE, IF BOTH. TEAMS ARE AT  (4),

 

 EITHER CAN HIT A 5TH , BUT NOT A 6th , UNTIL THE OTHER TEAM CATCHES UP

 

OR GOES UP BY ONE. HOME TEAM CAN GO UP 1 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH. ON FIELD 2 BALLS HIT OVER

 

THE SPLIT RAIL ON A FLY ARE HOME RUNS. ANY BALL THAT ROLLS UNDER OR BOUNCES OVER. IS A THRIPLE.

 

 IN LEFT BETWEEN THE FOUL POLE AND THE SPLIT RAIL IN THE OPENING IS ALL YOU CAN GET.

 

 

RULE 7

A TEAM MAY SCORE A MAX OF   (5) RUNS PER INNING,  IF A HOME RUN OVER THE FENCE WOULD HAVE

 

ACCOUNTED FOR MORE. (THE HOME RUN IS INCLUDED IN THE HOME RUN COUNT)  THE LAST INNING IS AN OPEN

 

INNING WHERE THERE IS NO RUN LIMIT. INTERNATIONAL TIE BREAKER RULE FOR TIES AFTER 7 INN.

 

 

RULE 8

OFFICIAL GAME IS DECLARED IF A TEAM IS WINNING BY 12 OR MORE RUNS AFTER FIVE FULL INNINGS

 

 IN THE 5TH. THE TEAM BEHIND IS ALLOWED TO SCORE ENOUGH, RUNS TO GET THE RUN MARGIN DOWN TO 11

 

RUNS.)  INCOMPLETE GAMES, WILL BE PICKED UP FROM THE POINT IF AFTER 3 INNINGS.  GAMES, THAT HAVE NOT

 

COMPLETED  THE  3RD.. INNING WILL START OVER. PLAYOFFS, PLAYER MUST HAVE PLAYED IN AT LEAST 5 GAMES

 

WITH THAT TEAM DURING THE SEASON.

 

 

RULE 9

UNLIMITED NUMBER OF COURTESY RUNNERS PER GAME, ANYONE CAN RUN, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONCE PER

 

 INNING.  AN OUT WILL BE DECLARED IF THE COURTESEY RUNNER ON BASE IS DUE TO BAT. NO TAG PLAYS AT HOME. 

OUT IF HE TOUCHES HOME PLATE OR THE MAT).  A RUNNER IS OUT AT HOME WHEN THE DEFENSE TOUCHES

 

HIS BASE BEFORE THE RUNNER TOUCHES HIS.

 

 

RULE 10

THERE IS A COMMITMENT LINE 20 FEET FROM HOME PLATE. ONCE YOU’VE PASSED THIS LINE YOU MAY NOT RETURN

 

TO THIRD BASE.

 

 

RULE 11

THE PITCHER MUST PITCH FROM THE "PITCHER'S BOX".  THIS "BOX" IS THE WIDTH OF THE PITCHING RUBBER, IS 6 FT

 

IN LENGTH, AND BEGINS AT THE RUBBER AND EXTENDS IN THE DIRECTION OF SECOND BASE. AT LEAST ONE

 

FOOT  MUST BE TOUCHING OR WITHIN THE BOX AT DELIVERY. THE ARC IS SIX TO TWELVE FEET FROM THE GROUND.

 

HOME PLATE AND THE MAT ARE STRIKES. RUNNERS MUST TAG THE OUTSIDE PLATE IN ORDER TO SCORE.

 

 

RULE 12

NO SUSPENSION, FOR A PLAYER WHO DISPUTES AN UMPIRE’S CALL AND IS THROWN OUT OF A GAME. 

 

HOWEVER, A TWO GAME SUSPENSION WILL BE IMPOSED FOR MALICIOUS OR HARMFUL ABUSE TO AN

 

UMPIRE OR PLAYER, OR THE USE OF PROFANITY AND/OR FIGHTING (NOT FOR SELF DEFENSE).

A PLAYER STARTING A FIGHT WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR THE SEASON

 

 

RULE 13

PLAYERS WISHING TO SWITCH TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO SIT TWO GAMES.  ONE SWITCH ALLOWED PER SEASON

 

 

RULE 14

A PLAYOFF FOR FIRST PLACE IN CASE OF A TIE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.  ALL OTHER PLACES

 

ALL TEAMS MAKE 3 GAME PLAYOFF A,B & C DIVISIONS ALL START IN THE A DIVISION

RULE 15

EACH TEAM PROVIDES ONE NEW GAME BALL ONLY ASA APPROVED BATS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR PLAYERS UNDER 60.  SENIOR BATS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR PLAYERS 65 YRS OF AGE & OVER I.D REQUIRED FREAK

 

CAN BE USED BY PLAYERS 60 & OVER  ALL TEAMS WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS