Pinto Rules Supplement

PINTO BASEBALL LEAGUE RULES SUPPLEMENT

All Pony Baseball/Softball Tournament Rules and Official Baseball Rules shall be observed with the following exceptions which shall either override or add to those rules. This supplement is for league play at the Oak Hill Youth Sports Association only.

EQUIPMENT RULES

1) ABSOLUTELY no jewelry is to be worn by players during the game. This includes earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces, and watches.

PLAYING RULES

1) MANDATORY TWO (2) INNING PLAY RULE: Each team member must play at least two (2) defensive innings of each game unless he/she is injured or being disciplined by the Team Manager. All subs must complete two (2) defensive innings by the end of the fourth (4th) inning. If the team member did not receive two (2) defensive innings of playing time due to uncontrollable circumstances, although he/she entered the game by the start of the third (3rd) inning, then that team member will start the next game and play for at least two (2) consecutive defensive innings. FAILURE OF A TEAM MANAGER TO ENTER SUBS BY THE START OF THE THIRD (3RD) INNING OR NOT ALLOW A TEAM MEMBER TWO (2) DEFENSIVE INNINGS OF PLAYING TIME, WILL RESULT IN A SUSPENSION OF THAT TEAM MANAGER FROM THE NEXT GAME.

2) Once the sub has entered an inning defensively, that sub cannot be removed until that defensive portion of the inning is completed, unless he/she is removed due to injury.

3) Regulation games will be a maximum of six (6) innings, but no regulation inning (one through six) may be started after one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minutes.

4) If after four (4) complete innings, or three and a half (3 2) innings when the home team is ahead, the next inning cannot begin due to the one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minute time limit, play will stop, the umpire will declare a complete game and declare either a winner or tie game. In the event of a tie game, each team will receive a one-half (2) win and one-half (2) loss. This rule also applies when the next inning cannot begin due to the Monday through Thursday 9:00 p.m. curfew.

5) No team can score more than five (5) runs in a regulation inning unless the umpire has declared an "open inning".

6) The "open inning" (10 run limit) will be the sixth (6th) inning or the first inning to begin after one (1) hour.

7) An Official Game can end without an "open inning" ever being played.

8) If an "open inning" is completed before time expires, another five (5) run inning should be declared and started by the Home Plate Umpire.

9) Each team will be allowed a maximum of five (5) coaches.

10) There will not be a protest committee and the umpire's final decision will stand.

11) After one (1) warning by the Home Plate Umpire, Team Managers, assistant coaches, players, and/or spectators can be ejected from the ball park for continued unsportsmanlike behavior.

12) A team may start a game with fewer than ten (10) players, however, each vacant batting order position in a lineup of less than ten (10) players, is an automatic out when the vacant batting position comes up. No substitute players may be picked up during the spring season and tournament.

13) There will be a mandatory slide rule at Home Plate when the player covering Home Plate has the ball in his/her possession. The Umpire shall make the call as to whether the runner is safe or out (regardless of whether an attempt to slide was made by the runner), however, failure of the runner to attempt a slide may result in an ejection of that player from the remainder of the game.

(Pinto Softball) Each team player must play at least one infield position (catcher, pitcher, first, second, third, or shortstop) by the end of the third inning of regulation play. Failure of a team manager to adhere to his rule can result in a forfeit of the game or suspension of the team manager for the next game or both, depending on a ruling by the Softball Commissioner. (A coach may seek relief from this rule in writing, but only under specific approval of the Softball Commissioner).

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE USE OF TOBACCO IS PROHIBITED ON THE FIELD OF PLAY AND IN THE DUGOUTS. PROFANE LANGUAGE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IS NOT PERMITTED ANYWHERE ON THE OAK HILL YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION FACILITY.