2008 T-Ball Rules & Regulations

 

  1. Each player on the team must play in the field at least 3 innings of each game (if the game lasts 6 innings)
  2. Each player on the team must bat regardless of whether he or she is playing in the field.
  3. There will be up to 11 players on the field at one time, if available.  You may play with 8 or more players.  The maximum number of players in the infield is 6, including the pitcher and catcher.
  4. The Home Team takes the field first at the start of the game.
  5. The coach of the team batting will umpire behind home plate and help their team’s batters as needed.

 

Length of Games

 

  1. Regulation games shall consist of 6 innings.
  2. If the score is tied at the end of 6 innings, the game shall continue to either a max of 8 innings or the 1 ½ hour time limit, whichever comes first.  If the score is still tied at the end of 8 innings, the game shall automatically be declared a tied game.

 

Official Games

 

  1. Official games are when 4 innings have been completed.
  2. If the game is called for any reason (lightning, rain, bad field conditions, etc), and 4 innings have been completed, the team with the most runs is the winning team.
  3. If a game is called for any reason before it is an official game, it may be rescheduled through DSA President Jason Leatherman or T-Ball Coordinator Robin Castillo if both teams can agree on a make-up date for the game.
  4. Any team manager or coach who withdraws a team from the playing field under any circumstances other than safety reasons forfeits the game.  (Refer problems to Jason or Robin)

 

Scheduled Games

 

  1. Under NO condition should there be scheduling of games which would require a team to play 2 games in 1 day.
  2. A team failing to begin the game with at least 8 players within 15 minutes after the scheduled start time shall forfeit the game.  You may still play a game with the available players.

 

Game Rules

 

  1. There will be a 10’ radius circle drawn around the batter’s box in fair territory.
  2. The pitcher’s mound shall be 30’ from home plate and be surrounded by a 5’ radius circle.  The pitcher shall remain inside the circle until the ball is hit.
  3. There shall be 40’ base paths.
  4. The batter will hit the ball from a tee.
  5. Play will be dead when the thrown ball from the outfield reaches the dirt infield.  Base runners should not proceed past the base they are running to at that time.

 

Batter Rules

 

  1. If a batter attempts to hit the ball but misses the ball or the tee, it is called a strike.
  2. If a batter hits the ball but it does not go beyond the 10’ circle, it is called a strike.
  3. There is no strikeout.  The player bats until he or she hits the ball in fair territory.
  4. There will be only one base awarded on an overthrow beyond the base where the runner was advancing to at the time of the throw.  An overthrow is defined as a ball that goes out of play or beyond the imaginary extension of the foul line fences.

 

Six Run Rule

 

  1. Teams will only be allowed to score a maximum of 6 runs per inning no matter how many outs.  When the 6th run crosses home plate, the inning is over.

 

The league is to teach the basics of ball and to have fun!