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COACH PITCH 2 RULES
1. FIVE RUN LIMIT PER INNING, FIVE PITCHES OR THREE STRIKES, NO WALKS. 2. IF THE RUNNER IS HIT BY A BATTED BALL, THE RUNNER IS OUT. 3. ALL BATTERS MUST STAY IN LINE WITH BATTING ORDER. (REFER TO ADDENDUM 1.) 4. ANY BATTER ON LINE UP WHO TAKES A TURN AT BAT AND THEN LEAVES THE GAME FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN SICKNESS OR INJURY, MAY BE COUNTED AS AN OUT EACH TIME IT IS HIS TURN TO BAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE GAME. 5. ALL GAMES WILL BE FIVE INNINGS OR FOUR INNINGS IF THE GAME IS OUT OF REACH. TIE GAMES WILL HAVE A ONE INNING ONLY TIE BREAKER, TIME PERMITTING. 6. MUST HAVE HIND CATCHER. 7. SHORT STOP CANNOT ADVANCE TOWARD BATTER ANY CLOSER THAN THE LINE BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD BASE. 8. IF A POWER HITTER IS UP TO BAT AND BOTH COACHES AGREE THE PITCHER IS IN DANGER, THE PITCHER CAN MOVE BACK TO THE SAFETY RUBBER. (SAFETY RUBBER IS MAT BETWEEN PITCHERS MAT AND SECOND BASE). 9. PITCHER MUST KEEP ONE FOOT ON RUBBER UNTIL BALL IS HIT. 10. IF 2ND BASE RUNNER PASSES 1ST BASE RUNNER, 1ST BASE RUNNER IS OUT. 11. ONLY ONE DEFENSIVE COACHES ALLOWED INSIDE FENCE. 12. ADULT PITCHER CANNOT ADVANCE BEYOND THE TWENTY FOOT LINE WHILE PITCHING. 13. BALL BOUNCES OVER THE FENCE, ALL PLAYERS ADVANCE TWO BASES. 14. UMPIRE HAS AUTHORITY TO EJECT ANY PLAYER FROM THE GAME. 15. UMPIRE HAS FINAL AUTHORITY ON THE FIELD. 16. PLAY IS DEAD AT UMPIRES DECISION. 17. ANY QUESTIONED RULE OR CALL, CAN BE BROUGHT TO A COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR FUTURE EXAMINATION. 18. UMPIRE HAS A RIGHT TO REVERSE HIS CALL. 19. A PLAYER ARRIVING AFTER THE GAME HAS BEGUN AND BEFORE THE THIRD INNING, MAY BE ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LINE UP AND MUST PLAY ONE INNING IN THE FIELD BEFORE BATTING. 20. NO ALTERED BATS. 21. ANY QUESTIONED BATS MUST BE APPROVED BY BOTH COACHES. 22. MUST HAVE AT LEAST FIVE PLAYERS OR GAME MAY BE FORFEITED. 23. BATTER MUST REACH FIRST BASE OR PLAY MUST END BEFORE A DESIGNATED RUNNER CAN BE USED. 24. ANY TEAM FOUND TO HAVE AN OVER THE AGE LIMIT PLAYER ON THEIR TEAM COULD BE FORCED TO FORFEIT THEIR WINS. 25. FIRST TEAM LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE IS HOME TEAM AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCORE KEEPER. 26. COACHES MUST GIVE LINE UP TEN MINUTES BEFORE GAME. 27. IF A TEAM HAS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS, THE GAME SHOULD START AT POSTED GAME TIME. 28. ANY TEAM WITHOUT THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS TEN MINUTES AFTER POSTED GAME TIME MAY FORFEIT. 29. BOTH COACHES OF THE FIRST GAME ON EACH FIELD ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING OUT FIELD EQUIPMENT. (BASES, CATCHERS EQUIPMENT, ETC.). 30. BOTH COACHES OF THE LAST GAME ON EACH FIELD ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURNING FIELD EQUIPMENT TO THE CONCESSION STAND. 31. EVERY PLAYER GETS TO PLAY THE ENTIRE GAME UNLESS A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM ARISES. THIS MUST BE DISCUSSED WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FIRST. 32. NO BASE STEALING. 33. ALL RULES ARE OPE N TO CHANGE AT COMMITTEE DISCRETION. |