West Shore Fire Chiefs Softball League

WEST SHORE FIRE CHIEFS SOFTBALL LEAGUE

2010 RULES

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The home team will be responsible for paying the umpire $27.00 before the start of the game. (cash only)

Game time is forfeit time. Example: if the game time is 10:00 am, the forfeit time is 10:00 am. Forfeit time for the 2^nd game is 15 minutes after the first game.

To avoid forfeits the two teams that are scheduled to play can share players. This is an OPTION. If the opposing team does not want to give up any players then you may pick up any player from the stands as long as they are a member of a team in our league. You may only pick up one player to give you a total of nine. If your own player comes late then he/she must take the spot in the lineup of the picked player. These games will be official games and will count toward the standings in the league.

Games may be started with nine (9) players, you may add a tenth (10) player only if he or she is from your team roster at the beginning of a ½ inning up to the 5^th inning. You may not add the 11^th or 12^th player at any time.

If any team forfeits a scheduled game, that team must pay the umpire for both games (54.00). If you don’t pay on the field then your team must pay the league the $54.00 before your next scheduled game. If fee is not paid your team will be dismissed from the league.

Any team canceling games for tournaments or any other reasons must be done one (1) week in advanced to the opposing coach and the league president. A new date and time must be established by the league Director.

A team will be allowed to use two (2) designated hitters. If you use Twelve (12) batters and have no remaining players available in case of an injury or ejection, you may continue with eleven (11) batters. However, the injured or ejected players batting position will constitute an automatic out. If you start with ten (10) players, you may not add the eleventh (11) player. If you start with eleven (11) players you may not add the twelfth player.

You may use a courtesy runner one time per inning. The runner may be anyone in the line up or on the bench. If the player is in the line up and his/her turn to bat comes up, and they are on base an out will be declared.

This league will be using the one (1) up rule for homeruns. Any homerun that is not within the one up rule will be counted as a single. This will be in effect for all fenced fields used. Any ball that is tipped over the fence will be a four base award not a homerun, which is the ASA rule.

Any team ahead by twenty(20) or more runs after three(3) innings or fifteen (15) runs after four or ten (10) or more runs after five (5) innings will be declared the winner; however, the home team must bat if they are losing.

No metal spikes are allowed! The penalty is to remove the metal spikes from the game. Penalties for not removing metal spikes will be an umpire’s ejection and rule14 will come into effect.

If any player has physical contact with an umpire, that player will be suspended from ASA and league play for two (2) years.

If you get ejected from a game, you must sit out that game plus the next scheduled game. There will also be a $25.00 fine that will need to be paid by your team before their next scheduled games.

If a player gets thrown out of another game, they must sit out that game plus the next three (3) games and your team must pay a $35.00 fine, which must be paid before the next scheduled games.

If you get thrown out three (3) times in a season your team will be fined $75.00 and the player must sit out the remainder of the season.

If the ejected player is caught playing in any of these games, your team will have to forfeit any games you played in.

Rosters / Waiver forms must be handed in by the first game. Rosters will close on June 6, 2010 after this date you will not be able to add any players. A written roster will need to be given to the league president by the following week. Any players that are added after the start of the season must sign a league waiver form.

All scores and player ejections will be called into Ron Dierich at 580-7497 before Sunday evening at 9:00 pm.
Tie breaker rules for playoff seeding will be head to head then a one game playoff if needed. If three teams are tied it will be head to head then the three teams will draw out of a hat for playoff spots.

Clean up all trash from the dugout areas
Full uniforms are not required but you must have matching shirts with numbers on the back. Hats are optional.

This will be a coed league with no limit of women to men players. If you have women on your team there is the possibility of playing an all male team. There is no rule against playing all men or all women.

When the batter comes to bat they will start with a 1 ball and 1 strike count with a courtesy foul.

A copy of the league rules will be given to each team manager and must be available at every game.

Players must be 16 years old to play in the league. Must be 16 by the first game.

responsible for any personal or medical expenses incurred by a team, player, or spectator. Play and watch at your own risk!

Players may only be listed on one team roster. If you quit one team to go to another you must get a release form from the league which has to be signed by the manager of the team you are leaving.

To play in this league you must be a member of any Emergency personnel company (fire company, police department, Hospital staff and/or ambulance company, Etc.).

All players, coaches, and managers who will be in the dugouts and playing field must sign the team roster / waiver form.