2007 LEAGUE RULES

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006

 

LEAGUE RULE .

BATS                     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STANDARD FOR ANY BAT PLEASE GO TO ASA WEBSITE AT WWW.SOFTBALL.ORG

 

LEAGUE RULE 28. EXTRA FOUL  THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA FOUL FOR 1-1 COUNTS

 

LEAGUE RULE 4. HOW HIGH CAN I PITCH

                                6 TO 10 ARC UMPIRE WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE

 

LEAGUE RULE 6 UNIFORMS                      

                             A.  UNIFORM TOPS ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY DURING THE SUMMER SEASON   ONLY

                                B.   UMPIRES WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE BY NOT ALLOWING THE PLAYER TO PARTICIPATE UNTIL THEY HAVE THE UNIFORM TOP ON. 

 

LEAGUE RULE 7. FOUL LANGUAGE

A.  FOUL LANGUAGE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. IF AN UMPIRE FEELS THAT A PLAYER OR TEAM IS OFFENSIVE, THEY WILL BE EJECTED. 

B.  IF IT CONTINUES WITH OTHER TEAMMATE, THE UMPIRE WILL FORFEIT THE GAME AND MAY LEAD TO TERMINATION FROM THE LEAGUE FOR THE TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL WITH NO REFUND

 

LEAGUE RULE 8  FORFEIT TIME

A.  ALL TEAMS HAVE A 5 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD FOR GAME ONE.

B.   AFTER 5 MINUTES HAS PASSED, THE TEAM HAS ANOTHER 15 MINUTES TO FIELD 8 MEN ON THE FIELD.  ONCE THE 20 MINUTES ARE UP THE FORFEITING TEAM MUST PAY THE UMPIRE $70 AT THE FIELD OR LOSE YOUR FORFEIT BOND

E.   8 PLAYER CAN START A GAME.

F.       IF YOU START A GAME WITH 8 PLAYERS AND A PLAYER GETS EJECTED THE TEAM WILL FORFEIT

G.  IF YOU START A GAME WITH 8 PLAYERS AND A PLAYER GETS HURT WITH NO SUBSTITUTE THE TEAM WILL NOT BE PENALIZED AND MAY CONTINUE WITH 7 PLAYERS.

 

LEAGUE RULE 13 .THREATENING AN UMPIRE IF A PLAYER OR TEAM THREATEN AN UMPIRE THAT PERSON OR TEAM WILL BE TERMINATED FROM THE LEAGUE NO QUESTIONS ASKED WITH NO REFUND

 

LEAGUE RULE 15. PAYING FOR THE UMPIRE

A.      TEAMS MUST PAY THE UMPIRE BEFORE GAME ONE CAN BEGIN

B.       REGULAR SEASON GAME- DOUBLE HEADER ($36 FOR A DOUBLEHEADER PER TEAM)

C.      PLAYOFFS BEST 2 OUT OF 3 ($60 FOR A DOUBLE HEADER PER TEAM FOR A 2 MAN CREW)   

 LEAGUE RULE 20. BASES

                        A.  BOTH TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING BASES INCLUDING HOME   PLATE.

                                B.  BASES ARE 70 FEET APART

                                C.  BOTH TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING BASES INCLUDING HOME  PLATE

                                D.  BASES ARE 70 FEET APART

                                E.  PITCHING MOUND IS 50 FEET

                                F.  THE DOUBLE BASE MUST BE USED AT FIRST BASE IN ALL DIVISIONS OF  PLAY. 

 

LEAGUE RULE 21. TIME LIMIT

A.      IF ANOTHER ISLAND LEAGUE SCHEDULED CONTEST IS TO FOLLOW YOUR SCHEDULED GAMES(S), NO NEW INNING MAY BEGIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THE TIME FOR THE NEXT SCHEDULED CONTEST.

B.       TIME LIMITS ARE SET BY THE COUNTY (BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTS)

 

LEAGUE RULE 24. RUN RULE

20 AFTER 3 INNINGS, 15 AFTER 4 INNINGS, 10 AFTER 5 INNINGS BUT THE HOME TEAM IS ALLOWED TO BAT.

 

LEAGUE RULE 25. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

A.      ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE NOT PERMITTED ON SCHOOL OR TOWN PARKS GROUNDS

B.       ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOUND ON GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC TERMINATION

 

LEAGUE RULE 29. COURTESY RUNNER

A.      BOTH MANAGERS MUST AGREE BEFORE THE GAME WITH THE UMPIRE IF THEY WANT TO USE COURTESY RUNNERS

B.      IF EITHER MANAGER DISAGREE COURTESY RUNNERS CANNOT BE USED.

C. ONLY 2 COURTESY RUNNERS ARE ALLOWED PER GAME.

LEAGUE RULE 30 - ALL GAMES START WITH A ONE AND ONE COUNT.

LEAGUE RULE 35 - HOME RUN RULE 6 HOMERUN RULE FOR EVERY FENCED IN FIELD ANYTHING AFTER THAT IS INNING ENDING EVEN IF THERE IS LESS THAN TWO OUTS.

GER DISAGREE COURTESY RUNNERS CANNOT BE USED.