ASA

PONY

1.      Pitcher must start with both feet in contact with the pitcher’s plate.  (6:1, C, 2)

1.  Pitcher must start with pivot foot on the pitcher’s plate and non-pivot foot on or behind the pitcher’s plate. (7:1,a)

2.      Runner returning to 1^st base may use either white or colored base.  When tagging up or attempted pick-off play, white or colored base may be used.  (8:2, M, 6&7&8)

2. Runner returning to 1^st base must use the white base.  When tagging up or attempted pick-off play, runner must use white base.  (3:6,a, 5&6&7)

3.      A Glove/Mitt may be worn by any player. (3:4)

3. Gloves may be worn by any player, but mitts may be used only by the catcher and first baseman.  (3:7)

4.  Foul Tip – goes directly from     the bat to the catcher’s hands or glove/mitt (1 Definitions)

4.  Foul Tip - insert no higher than the batter’s head (1 Definitions)

5.  Violation of the re-entry rule will allow for disqualification of the illegal player. (4:5 C Effect)

5. Violation of the re-entry rule will allow for disqualification of the illegal player and manager. (4:5 Ruling)

6. A pitcher may be removed as a pitcher, move to a different defensive position and return as a pitcher only once per inning provided no other rules are violated.

            7.  If a team does not have an eligible substitute for a player who becomes ill, is injured or ejected from the lineup, the player last removed from the line-up who is eligible to play shall be used as a substitute. Player removed from the game cannot return.