Greater Route 50 Youth Baseball League

 (G50YBL)

 

Pinto

Ages: 7 – 8

 

1. Pitching will be 38 feet. Pitcher (Coach) must keep one foot on the line. 

 

2. Bases will be 60 feet. Half-way (30 ft) hash marks will be used between bases (rule passed:  1/12/14). 

 

 3. Bats: Except for -3 (BBCOR certified), all other 2 ¼” and 2 ⅝”barrel bats with a minus factor of (-5, -7, -9, etc…), MUST be USABat certified with the USABat licensing stamp on the bat in order to be used in league play.

 

4. Each player will field at least two (2) innings, unless injury occurs. 

 

5. Each team will play 10 players (no rover). A team may start a game with 8 players and finish with 7 with an automatic out. No automatic out is recorded until a team drops to 7 position players. 

 

6. No infield fly rule. 

 

7. Each game will be 6 innings. 

 

8. Each team will use a continuous batting order. 

 

9. Each batter will be allowed seven (7) pitches and four (4) strikes.  On the 7th pitch (or more if they fouled off the last pitch), if the batter does not swing they will be ruled out. 

 

10. Each team will be allowed two (2) tee hitters and must bat last (up until Memorial Day). The tee batters will use the tee after 4 strikes unless foul balls occur. No tee batters allowed after Memorial Day. 

 

11. Free substitution will be allowed. 

 

12. There will be one (1) team warning for runners leaving the base early per game. Next offense results in an out. 

 

13. Play stops when the ball is in control by an infielder (outfielders cannot run the ball into the infield). On fields with large infields, there will be a line three (3) feet behind each base to stop play. The infielder must raise his/her glove and/or “call time” to stop the play. Speak with the umpire and other manager prior to the game to confirm if time is to be called or if possession of the ball with arms raised will stop play. 

14. Coaches will pitch for their respective teams. If a batted ball hits the coach, the ball is dead and the batter and runners return to the base. The pitch will be a no pitch. 

 

15. Coaches who are pitching are not to coach runners on the bases. First offense is a warning. Second offense the advancing runner is out. 

 

16. No bunting 

 

17. There will be a maximum of five (5) runs scored per inning, unless there is a homerun OVER the fence. Example: If a team has already scored 4 runs and then they load the bases and the next hitter hits the ball OVER the fence, all 4 runs will count.

Scoring is unlimited in the final inning.

 

18. The pitcher must wear a “heart guard” while on the mound. 

 

19. Ten (10) run rule will be in effect.  If the visiting team is leading by at least 10 runs at the end of 4 or more completed innings, the game shall be declared complete and the visiting team shall be declared the winner.  If the home team is leading by at least 10 runs after the visiting team has completed batting in the 4th inning or later, the game shall be declared complete and the home team shall be declared the winner.  It is mandatory that both teams then complete six innings of baseball regardless of the outcome of the game (rule passed:  2/22/15).

 

20. No headfirst sliding into advancing bases. Headfirst sliding results in an automatic out. Players may slide headfirst back into a base. 

 

21. Extra innings are played only if both managers agree to play.  If one manager elects not to play, the game will result in a tie. 

 

22. When using a tee, the tee must be placed on home plate. It may not be placed in front, behind or to either side to influence the direction of the batted ball. 

 

23. All throws to first base from any position player that are not fielded by the first baseman will result in a dead ball. This includes if the ball goes out of the field of play or remains in the field of play. If a runner is advancing on a play to first, in the following scenarios; from first base to second base, second base to third base or third base to home base they will be awarded that base. The player that put the ball in play will only be awarded first base and cannot advance until the next batter. 

 

24. Coaches in the outfield must stay in the outfield during all plays. Once time has been called an outfield coach may approach an infielder to give instruction, but to not interfere with the flow of the game. 

 

25. There will be one (1) team warning for throwing the bat. A second offense will result in the batter being called out. 

 

26.  An 8 foot arc extending from the back tip of home plate towards the pitcher’s mound from foul line to foul line will be drawn prior to each game.  Any batted ball that comes to rest within the arc is a foul ball.  If the batted ball goes beyond the arc, is touched by a player in the field of play and caroms back inside the arc while coming to rest, the ball is fair and live (rule passed:  2/21/16).