Be respectful to other players, coaches and parents, leave the field promptly at the end of
your timeslot.
· Innings consist of 3 outs or 10 batters, whichever comes first.
· After a hit, the play is dead when the ball is in control at a base or the pitcher’s mound, and the runners have stopped trying to advance. Including the 10th batter of the inning.
· A maximum of nine (9) players are allowed on the field at any one time.
Pitcher – catcher – 4 infielders – 4 outfielders. No outfielder is allowed to play closer to the infield than the edge of the grass or the equivalent distance on fields without infield dirt.
· The batting order will include all the players attending the game.
· No lead-offs or stealing allowed. A base runner may leave the base when the batter makes contact with the ball. After 1 warning, a runner leading off is called out.
· Each batter is allowed 3 swinging strikes. A foul tip on the third strike is not out unless caught by the catcher. There are no walks.
· If a batter consistently allows good pitches to go by without swinging, he/she must be given a warning. If the batter will not swing at good pitches, the coach must begin calling strikes.
· One of the coaches will act as the catcher for his/her team.
· The team at bat will provide a coach to feed the balls into the pitching machine. This coach must not interfere with play or touch a live ball. The coach feeding the pitching machine will act as the umpire at 2nd base.
· If a batted or thrown ball hits the coach or pitching machine it is a live ball.
· If a thrown ball goes out of play, the base runner is allowed to advance one base beyond the base he/she was advancing to.
· Coaches for the first game of the evening need to arrive approximately 20 minutes early to set up and adjust the pitching machine and bases.
· Coaches from the last game of the evening are responsible for putting the pitching machine and bases away in the field boxes, cleaning the field and dugout areas, and locking the field boxes.
DO NOT PUT BASES ON TOP OF THE PITCHING MACHINE.
· The coach is responsible for all MAA baseball equipment.
· Base distance = 60’ Pitching distance = 40’
