| | THE PROPER BALL
Teeball is played with a flexible sponge rubber safety ball.
Softbaseball is played with a Level 1 Tri-Flex safety ball.
2nd/3rd grade Softball is played with an 11-inch Incrediball.
4th/5th grade Softball is played with an 11-inch regulation softball.
6th/7th/8th grade Softball is played with a 12-inch regulation softball.
THE BALL FIELDS
We are limited to using school fields available to us for games and practices. In Lafayette, practices will be at Happy Valley, Lafayette, Burton Valley, Springhill, Stanley and Meher School fields. Games will be played at Stanley. In Moraga, practices will be at Camino Pablo, Rheem, Los Perales and Joaquin Moraga Schools. Games will be played primarily at JM.
THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS
In Teeball and Softbaseball all players bat and take the field each inning. The number of players on Softball teams, range from 12 to 15. Ten players may take the field for Softball All players compose the batting order.
PARTICIPATION
Every able-bodied team member present at a game must play a minimum of 1/2 of the game. Use of an ineligible player (unregistered) will result in forfeiture of the game.
LENGTH OF GAME
Teeball games shall be 3 inning or 1½ hours.
Softbaseball games shall be 6 innings or 1½ hours.
Softball plays 6 innings or 7 innings (6th/7th/8th grade) or 2 hours.
FORFEITURE
There will be no forfeitures.
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| | Please Note: There may be some modification of these rules before the beginning of the season.
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| | - GENERAL
- Games shall be 6 innings or 1½ hours long. No inning should start after 1 ½ hours of playing time. Innings in progress after 1½ hours should be completed.
- Each inning shall consist of 3 outs or one time through the batting order, which ever comes first (for each team). If one team has 9 players and one team has 13 players, then each team should bat up to 13 batters per inning.
- Unless otherwise designated the home team is the first team listed on the schedule. The home team is responsible for setting up the bases and provides a batting tee and the game ball. The game ball must be a Level 1 Tri-Flex safety ball provided by LMYA.
- BATTING
- All players shall be in the batting order. The batting order is 'set' prior to the start of play and cannot be changed during the game.
- The team at bat provides an adult pitcher and a catcher. The adults should not participate in fielding the ball while it is still in play.
- Batters and base runners must wear helmets. On deck batters may not take practice swings before stepping up to the plate.
- Each batter shall get 5 pitches to hit the ball. There are no strikeouts or walks. After 5 pitches the ball should be hit off a tee. This rule can be enforced loosely; however, the game should be kept moving for the sake of the other players.
- Runners cannot take leads off the bases. Runners can leave the base when the batter makes contact with the ball. Base-stealing is not permitted; sliding is not recommended, except to avoid a collision with another player.
- Runners cannot advance on overthrows, errors or wild pitches.
- If an inning ends with the last batter, then the final out can be either a force out at first (or any other base), according to standard rules, or a put out at home plate by having the defensive player with the ball touch home before the next runner crosses the plate. Any runner scoring before the put out qualifies as a run scored.
- FIELDING
- The home team is in the field first.
- An adult umpire should stand in the field and determine fair/foul balls, out/safe calls on the base paths, and when the ball is out of play (i.e. overthrows, errors).
- All players can play in the field at once, as follows:
- one player next to the adult pitcher
- one player next to the adult catcher
- five infielders other than the pitcher
- remaining players are outfielders
- An outfielder may not make an unassisted out at any base.
- A fielder must yield the base path to a runner, unless the fielder is making a play for the ball or has the ball and is making a play on the runner. In those cases the runner may stop or run around the fielder to avoid collision.
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| | - GENERAL
- Games shall be 3 innings or 1½ hours long. No inning should start after 1½ hours of playing time. Innings in progress after 1½ hours should be completed.
- An inning shall consist of one time through the batting order for each team.
- Unless otherwise designated, the home team is the first team listed on the schedule. The home team is responsible for setting up the bases and the batting tee and supplies the game ball. The game ball must be a synthetic leather covered, soft-core safety ball provided by LMYA.
- The home team is in the field first.
- BATTING
- All players shall be in the batting order.
- The team at bat provides an adult at the plate to set the ball on the tee, to instruct the batters, and to determine fair/foul balls; and adult coaches at first and third base to instruct base runners.
- Batter and base runners must wear helmets. On-deck batters may not take practice swings before stepping up to the tee.
- Each batter shall bat until he/she hits the ball. There are no strikeouts.
- A ball hit in the infield (or through the infield on the ground) is a singlethe batter stops at first base.
- Base runners advance only as far as they are 'forced'; i.e. a base runner on first can advance only to second base on a single. Runners cannot advance on overthrows or errors.
- Outs are not recorded. Runners who are forced out or tagged out are permitted to remain on base and continue to participate.
- The last batter of the inning 'clears the bases'; i.e, runs around all the bases after he/she hits the ball.
- FIELDING
- All players play in the field every inning. The infield can be played by as many as 8 players; 1 catcher, 2 pitchers (middle infield), traditional 1B, 2B, SS, 3B and 1 player at second base. The rest of the players are outfielders.
- Adult coaches (maximum 2) can stand in the field to instruct the fielders. The adults should not participate in fielding the ball while it is still in play.
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