Minors Division - LEAGUE AGE 8-11 (Age the player will be on December 31) : No Evaluations - No Draft
- ALL 9 and 10 year olds register here
- 8 year olds can register here; however, first year 8 year olds are encouraged to register in Coach Pitch
- 11 or 12 year olds can play Minors. 12 year olds require approved waiver
- Good starting division for those new to the sport
- First year of player pitching
- Increased player skill sets (add stealing and sliding)
- Play becomes competitive
- 11 inch regulation softball is used
- Player pitching is from 35ft
- NO more than 3 COACHES on a team DURING the game.
1. Six (6) innings constitute a regulation game.
2. A game called for rain or darkness only shall be declared a regulation game after 4 innings, 3 ½ innings if the home team is ahead.
3.
No new inning after 1 hr. 30min. from
scheduled start time. All games that reach the time limit are complete games.
Maximum innings are 6 and minimum (due to 1.5 hour time constraints) are 2 complete innings.
DROP DEAD STOP TIME is 1 Hour and 50 Minutes4. Each team is limited to five (5) runs per inning, except the last inning, which will be unlimited and three outs still apply. (See rule 5)
- No Flip rule. Unlimited runs ONLY in actual 6th Inning.
5. A manager whose team is ten (10) runs or more behind once the game becomes an official game (4 INNINGS)
has the option to concede in accordance with the Ten Run Rule.
6. In the event of a tie game after 6 innings, OR TIME EXPIRED, the game ends as a tie and is scored accordingly.
7. In the event that a baseball game is interrupted before the completion of a full inning, and the umpire calls the game due to insufficient daylight or any other reason related to daylight conditions, the score will revert to the last completed inning.
8. All players must wear jerseys issued by the league.(Hoodies or sweatshirts, if used, must be worn under game jersey.)
9. One coach selected at the start of the game is the only one allowed talking to the umpire on a disputed play.
Runner may NOT LEAVE a base UNTIL the ball CROSSES the plate. Penalty for leaving early: Time is called, runner leaving early is
OUT.
There is "
NO TIE GOES TO RUNNER" rule. The rules states: "A runner is out after a third strike or after she hits a fair ball, she or first base is tagged before she touches first base".
The concept of a tie at a base does not exist, and that a runner either beats the ball or does not.