1. While batting and running bases, everyone must wear a
helmet with ear
flaps.2. Batting practice at the game sites will be
permitted at designated areas
only, (by the home club).
3. Slide rule: If there is a play at any base or the
plate, the player must
slide. Exception: In the umpires judgment, if the defensive
player is blocking
the base without the ball or the play is too far away from
the base for the player
to reach with a slide.
4. There is a ten run rule that will be enforced after
the trailing team has
had their fifth at bat.
5. Anyone involved in a fight may be suspended for the
season, depending on
their involvement. If the umpire can determine who started
it, that person is
gone for the year. If it was determined that the player was
protecting himself, the
proper action will be taken by the league.
6. Absolutely no abuse of umpires will be permitted:
Suspensions from one
game up to life may be placed on that coach or player.
7. The league will play by official high school rules.
8. This league is for the players, not the coaches,
parents, or umpires.
Any attitudes that conflict with this philosophy are
unacceptable.
9. Protests must be made in writing within 24 hours of
the completion of
the game being protested. Umpires need to be told of the
protest before the next
pitch. A fee of $100 in cash (refunded if protest is up
held) must accompany the
protest. All decisions of the protest committee will be
final. The $100 in cash on
all denied protests will be donated to the travel fund.
10. The Arbiter is Keith Chatelain 561-1700. Contact
should be made with
Keith as soon as possible on all unplayable fields. If you
are the home team and
do not contact Mike by 10:00 am, you pay the umpires.
Re-scheduled games need
to be played at the earliest available date to keep the
league from backing
up at the end.
11. Game scores must be e-mailed to kent@utahbaseballacademy.com
by the
winning manager before 12:00 am the morning following the
game.
12. If any game is suspended before it becomes an
official game (4 1/2 or 5
innings), play will resume at the point of suspension. This
applies to darkness,
rain, light failure, sprinklers, etc.
13. All teams must e-mail in rosters for tournament and
league play.
14. Pitching rule 12 innings, every 72 hours.
15. You may hit ten or more players in your line up and
it is free defensive
substitution for anyone who has a spot in the batting order.
Once you
determine the number of hitters in your line up, it must
stay the same for the entire
game.
16. Fees : All teams must be current on league fees and
tournament fees in
order to participate. All individual players must also be
current on all team fees
and former team fees, if the player transferred, to be
eligible to participate. League
must be paid with one check not multiple checks from
the players.
17. There is a $100 forfeit fee that will go into the
travel fund.
18. In all tournaments the home team will be in the 3rd
base dugout, no
exceptions, even if it is your field.
19. All Spring games will be 7 innings, with no new
innings
starting after the two hour mark. If the game is part of a
double header, there will be
no new innings after the 2:00 mark.
20. Tie-Breaker System: If a game is tied after all
innings have been completed, the "California" tie-breaker
rule will go into effect. Each team puts the batter who
is scheduled to bat last in that respective half of the
inning on second base and plays out a full inning. This
happens until the tie is broken and the game is complete.
21. League Standings: The standings in the league will
be determined by first overall record in case of a tie in
the records then standings will be decided on head to head
play if tie still exists then it will be decided by first
runs allowed, then run differential, and finally by a coin
flip.
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