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9/10 Year Old Hardball Division Rules of 2012 |
OFFI
All games will be played
under the Michigan High
1.
The official starting time
will be listed on the game schedule. The umpire will officially note the start
of the game to both managers according to their means of tracking time.
The umpire will gather
managers 5 minutes prior to the official start of game to review the ground
rules. At that time both managers must have their batting order (with player’s
last name and jersey number) ready to trade.
Practicing on the infield
before a game is prohibited.
2. GAME DURATION:
A maximum of 6 innings will be played with a 2-hour time limit.
A maximum of 6 runs an
inning per side will be allowed. Exception: If a team has 5 runs scored in a
single inning and there are runners on base, they will be allowed to score
until the play ends. Runs per inning will be kept for the sole purpose of
maximum runs per inning rule. There are no season standings. A season-end
tournament will be held.
No inning shall start 1 hour
and 45 minutes from the official starting time. Exception: If a game is delayed due
to weather conditions or absence of the home plate umpire, the official
starting time will be accommodated for the time delayed. For this exception the
maximum allowance shall not exceed 15 minutes. Under no other conditions shall
a game be officially delayed.
3. NUMBER OF PLAYER
Defensive Play:
The defensive playing field
will consist of 10 players. Players in attendance will take the playing field
with no player sitting more than 1 inning at a time.
Infield and outfield
rotation between all players is mandatory. There will be a 2-inning
infield position limit per player. Exception: Pitchers and catchers have exclusion
from this rule. (
The borrowing of players is
permitted to allow a team the minimum fielding requirements or to make the
number of defensive players equal. The decision to borrow players should be
made before game time between managers and only if the player(s) being borrowed
agree. Under no circumstance will a player be forced to play for the opposing
team.
If or when the borrowing
team’s players arrive, the lending players may return to their team. Players
returning to their team may be placed in the original batting order.
Offensive Play:
All players in attendance
will be placed in a continuous batting order. All players arriving late will be
placed at the bottom of the batting order. A player is defined late once the
batting roster is handed out at the meeting with the umpires to go over the
ground rules.
4. INELIGIBLE PLAYER
An ineligible player is
defined as any player NOT registered with APA
5. FIELD DIMEN
Pitching distance from mound
to the back of home plate will be 46 feet.
Bases will be 60 feet apart.
6.
A)
B)
The stealing of home is prohibited.
D)
Intentional walking is prohibited.
E)
Bunting is allowed.
F)
When 1 runner is on base, and an attempt is made on that runner, if the ball is
overthrown and stays in play, the runner may continue around the bases at their
own risk all the way to home plate.
G)
When 2 or more runners are on base, and an attempt is made on the lead runner
if the ball is overthrown and stays in play, the lead runner and all runners
behind can continue around the bases at their own risk all the way to home
plate.
H)
When 2 or more runners are on base, and an attempt is made on a runner other than
the lead runner, the lead runner must stop or remain at third base.
7.
VI
The home and visiting team
is listed on the game schedule. The visiting team must place the bases on the
field. The home team must remove the bases from the field. Each team will
furnish 1 new ball and 1 good ball to the umpire at ground rules before the
game.
8.
IN
Regular
A)
Both teams must report to the playing field unless instructed otherwise by the
manager or league director. Agreement between the umpire and managers will
decide whether the game shall be played.
B) In the case of
lighting, the players shall be removed immediately from the field, and play
shall not resume until 15 minutes have transpired without any subsequent
lighting.
9. EQUIPMENT & UNIFORM
Players must wear their team
uniform (APA
Only Official regulation
Little League bats may be used, or bats approved by league directors. Aluminum
bats must have a maximum diameter of 2 ¼ inches.
No metal spikes allowed.
For the protection of the
player, APA
All batters, base runners,
and player coaches are required to wear a protective helmet with earflaps.
Any violation of this rule
will draw a warning. A second warning will result in an automatic expulsion
from the game.
10.
Defensive free substitution
in the field will be allowed. Players previously removed from the game can
return to the game in later innings.
11. PIT
A pitcher is allowed a
maximum of 3 innings per game in any order. 1 pitch constitutes an inning
pitched. A relief pitcher must pitch to one batter until that batter is out or
on base. No curve balls allowed. First offense will draw a NO PIT
12. CATCHER
A catcher is allowed a
maximum of 3 innings per game in any order. 1 catch constitutes an inning.
12. DROPPED THIRD
On a dropped third strike,
the batter is automatically out. The catcher does not have to tag or throw the
batter out at first base.
13. INFIELD FLY RULE
The infield fly rule will be
in effect.
14.
15.
Any time a runner is coming
into a base with a fielder waiting for him with the ball, the runner must
slide. Any infraction of this rule will result in the runner being called out
on the play. If in the umpire’s judgment, there was a malicious attempt to
injure a player, the player causing the injury will be automatically ejected
from the game and will not be allowed to attend the next game.
16. UMPIRE
The umpires are in complete
charge of the game. Their decisions are final. Baseball rules state that only
an umpire’s interpretation of a rule can be questioned, not his judgment on a
play.
The Director of Umpires, who
shall be appointed by the APAC Board of Directors, will assign umpires.
17. BEHAVIOR
After 1 team warning,
players throwing any equipment shall be removed from the game immediately by
either the Umpire or the
Players, managers, or
coaches removed from a game by the umpire must sit out the next scheduled game.
18. MANAGER