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VILLAGE OF PLEASANT PRAIRIELAKEVIEW RECPLEXPark and Recreation Department

2009Adult Softball Rules


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Player and Team Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

General Pleasant Prairie Softball Rules . . . 2

General Game Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Men's and Women's Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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PLAYER AND TEAM CONDUCT Officials, team managers, and players are respectfully requested to do their full share in

.subject the offender to suspension and possible arrest. The use of profane language isexpressly forbidden, and game officials are instructed to order any player from the gamewho violates this rule, and to report the name of the offender to the Park and RecreationDepartment for proper action. Any player ejected from the game by an umpire may be

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up from umpire and a review by the Park and Recreation Department. Sports Departmenthas the right to shorten or extend the suspension based on the incident involved.A player put out of a game for unsportsmanlike conduct (foul language, demonstrationover a decision, etc.) will miss the next two games that are played. For a second offenseof this nature, the Park and Recreation Department will contact the player and themanager about appropriate disciplinary action.Threatening an umpire verbally or physically, before, during, or after the game will result ina 30 day suspension from participating in all Park and Recreation Department sponsoredactivities.Players put out of a game for pushing or shoving an umpire or an opposing team memberwill be suspended from the league and may lose their privileges to utilize Prairie SpringsPark. Each incident will be reviewed by the Park and Recreation Department andappropriate suspensions will be issued per incident.

Note: The Park and Recreation Department has authority to suspend offendingparticipants from its recreation activities for any part of a season, for the entire season, orfor life, depending on the type of misconduct and the circumstances involved in theincident.

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GENERAL PLEASANT PRAIRIE SOFTBALL RULES

played.Managers or Assistant Managers must have a copy of their official team roster on them at every game and a copy of the rules.

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to find out if games are to be played. (Umpires should phone in.) Please donot call the Park and Recreation Department until 4:00 pm or check thewebsite www.recplexonline.com . The umpire will determine if the fields are fitto la after 5:30 m on the da of scheduled ame.Managers or captains may discuss play situations with the umpire, but not onball or strike or safe and out calls. This is the judgment of the umpire.

Managers, captains, or players, mouthing off on such calls shall be removedfrom the game. On rule interpretation, if you feel the umpire is wrong, notifythe umpire you are protesting and get on with the game.All protests involving rule interpretation, if valid, will be replayed at the end ofthe season, if the game has a bearing on first place. The protested game willstart from the point of the protest.

Each team must have a score book and keep the results of both teams. Firstand last names should be in the score book in case of a player protest.Umpires reporting teams with no score books will have their next gameforfeited if they fail to have a score book at that time.

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Only team personnel shall be allowed on the players bench. Failure to abide by this rulewhen warned by the umpire will result in forfeiture of the game.

On any fly ball within the infield that is not covered by the infield fly rule, if in the judgmentof the umpire the fielder intentionally drops the ball, the batter is out and the base runnercannot be forced out.

,blocks, or does any other unsportsmanlike act that is hazardous to the opponent, shall beimmediately ejected from the ball game. The Park and Recreation Department will notifyhim/her of the suspension from all activities by letter.

A base runner shall have the right to the base line except when a fielder is fielding a battedball or has possession of the ball. Otherwise, the base runner has the right to advanceunobstructed from one base to another. Whenever (in the judgment of the umpire) he/she

is prevented from doing so, the umpire should award him/her the base. In the calling ofthe plays, the umpire will have to decide whether it was an honest attempt to reach thebase or whether it was an unsportsmanlike act. All base runners must avoid collision atany base.

When a defensive player has the ball and is waiting for the runner and the runner remainson his/her feet and deliberatel with reat force crashes into the defensive la er the runner is to be declared out, the ball is dead and all runners must return to the last basetouched at the time of the collision. If the act is determined to be flagrant, the offendershall be ejected.

, .follow the other as soon as ground rules are explained by the umpires .

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players or anyone connected with the ball game on the field by the playersbench during the time the game is in progress. If you must smoke, you willneed to step outside the playing area.No metal cleats can be worn.If someone starts bleeding during the game (i.e., bloody nose, cut hand, etc.)that person needs to come out of the game until the bleeding has been stoppedor s an age proper y.

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GENERAL GAME RULES A team consists of 10 players and no game will be considered an official game with less than9 players. If a team has 9 players and it is the scheduled starting time of the game, thegame must start.

Optional Grace Period: If Team A agrees to give Team B the optional grace period of 5minutes, Team B must have 9 players ready to play before the clock reaches the 55 minutemark. HOWEVER, Team A can decline the Optional Grace Period and take the forfeit if theyso choose. Game time will be 55 minutes if Grace Period is awarded.

A team may not have a player under the age of 18 on its roster.

Two strikes are out whether the ball is caught or not. Three balls advance the batter insteadof the usual four. Any second strike that is a foul, batter is out.*See each league for specialstr e ru e w en t me m t s e ng app e .

Before delivering the ball to the batter, the pitcher shall take his pitching position. His arms must come to a

rest, holding the ball in one or both hands in front of the body of the pivot foot in contact with the pitchersplate. He must deliver the first time his pitching arm passes his hip. Pivot foot must stay in contact with, . ,

a step is taken, the step can only be forward or backward. After the pitcher releases the pitched ball, thereare no restrictions on his movements.

55 feet pitching distance - Men50-55 feet pitching distance - Coed50 feet pitching distance Women

BATS- must be on 2 of 3 approved lists. (NSA, USSSA and ASA)

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The ball must be delivered at a moderate speed underhand (below the hip) with aperceptible arc (from the time it leaves the pitchers hand) of at least six feet and not more than 12 feet above the ground, before the ball reaches home plate . Speed

and height are left entirely to the judgment of the umpire.

The umpire shall warn the pitcher if the pitch is delivered as a fast pitch. If they repeatsuch a fast pitch after the warning, the pitcher shall be removed from the mound. (Thatplayer can play any other position.)

Illegal pitch. In each case, an illegal pitch shall be declared a ball in favor of the batterby the umpire. The ball shall be dead until put in play again at the pitchers box.however, if the batter strikes at any illegal pitch, it shall be a strike and there shall be nopenalty for such illegal pitch and the ball shall remain in play if hit by the batsman.

If a pitcher desires to walk a batter intentionally, he may do so by notifying the plateumpire who shall award the batter first base. When three balls are declared by anumpire on a batter, the ball is dead.

Under no condition is a runner permitted to steal a base. He may leave his base when apitched ball has reached or passed home plate. The runner is allowed one courtesy stepafter the ball passes home plate.

A base runner shall be declared out and the ball immediately dead if he leaves his/herbase while the pitcher has the ball in pitching position or before a legally delivered ballhas reached or passed home plate.

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Batter is out if he/she bunts or chops the ball downward. (Ball is dead.)Strike zone is the space over home plate which is between the batters shoulders

and the top of his/her knees when the batter assumes his/her natural stance.A game called by the umpire shall be regulation if five or more complete inningshave been played, or if the team second at bat has scored more runs in four ormore innings than the other team has scored in five or more innings. The umpireis empowered to call a game at any time because of darkness, rain, fire, panic, oro er causes w c p ace e pa rons or p ayers n per .

Any game stopped because of time limit no matter what inning, shall constitute alegal ball game.All games are seven innings and/or time limit.Extra innings will be played if the game is tied after the bottom of the seventhinning. The team to first win an inning in extra innings will be declared the winningteam.Re-entry rule: a player is allowed to come back into a game as long as he/shema n a ns same pos on n e a ng or er ey s ar e n.

Courtesy Runners Pla ers who are hurt should not la . If a la er re uests a courtes runner due toan injury during a game, they are allowed only two opportunities to do so. If aplayer chooses to play injured, then they need to play all facets of the game -offensive, defensive, base running, etc.

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Men's Rules Minimum to start game: 9 playersMaximum players on the field: 10Maximum batting: 11

Pitching distance: 55 feetBase distance: 65 feet7 inning gamesTime limit per game (minimum): 60 minutes or 7 innings whichever comes first. At the 50 minute mark, a 2-2count will apply at the new inning or 2 balls and 1 strike.

Slaughter rule: 20 runs after 3 innings 15 runs after 4 innings and 10 after 5.4 Homeruns plus one rule on First Banking Center Field Only. ( All Mens.)Mat only ( Classic) Plate and Mat strike zone

Women's Rules Minimum to start game: 9 playersMaximum players on the field: 10Maximum batting: 11

Pitching distance: 50 feetBase distance: 65 feet7 inning gamesTime limit per game (minimum): 60 minutes or 7 innings whichever comes first. At the 50 minute mark, a 2-2count w app y at t e new nn ng or a s an str e.

Slaughter rule: 20 runs after 3 innings 15 runs after 4 innings and 10 after 5 innings.Mat and Plate are the strike zone


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Coed Rules

Minimum to start game: 9 playersMust have 5 women or more to start gameMaximum players on the field: 10 (5 women - 5 men)

2 women infield - 2 men infield/2 women outfield - 2 men outfield

Note: You can have more females playing than males. You can have 12hitters in your line-up as long as there are 6 male and 6 female.

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Pitching distance: 50 Option for Ladies 55 Men

Base distance: 65 feet7 innin ames

Time limit per game (minimum): 60 minutes or 7 innings whichever comes first. At the 50minute mark, a 2-2 count will apply at the new inning or 2 balls and 1 strike.

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Plate and mat will be the strike zone

2 warm-up pitches between innings

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