GLEN CAIRN LADIES SOFTBALL LEAGUE

RULES OF PLAY

2016 SEASON

The following rules will apply:

  1. All games shall commence at 6:15pm unless otherwise advised. No new innings will begin after 7:50pm. Any late games will not start a new inning after 9:35 pm.

Delays in Games: There will be no official time limit in game delays. If the diamond is available and an umpire can be called in, the decision will be made by the President and Vice President if the game will proceed. If either the President or Vice President is unavailable, then the Statistician will step in.

In the event that a team is unable to field a complete team by game time, they will be allowed to have a maximum of three (3) substitute players. These spares must be currently registered players in the league. No team player shall be displaced from her position by a spare.

  1. Players have a grace period of one half hours from the game start. After the half hour grace period, they may not enter the game. Exception: If a player has texted or called their Captain during the grace period and let them know they are on their way and caught in traffic. It will then be up to the two Captains to decide if the member will be allowed to play when they arrive.

After a 15-minute grace period, if a team has less than eight players, including the spares, it is the team captain’s discretion to play or forfeit. If a team has eight players including spares, the game MUST be played. The game MUST start as soon as eight players are present-there is no need to wait the full 15 minutes.

3.A team can call in a spare when:

i)it has less than nine (9) players, or

ii)if their pitcher or catcher is absent or injured, such that they cannot pitch or catch.

iii)Spare players, irrespective of their field position, must bat last in the batting order.

In either case, a team cannot use the same spare more than three (3) times during the regular season. The game will be forfeited if a team is caught using the same spare more than three (3) times.

4.All players shall bat in rotation. No player sits out of the batting rotation.

RULES OF PLAY(continued)

  1. PinchRunners:

i)a pinch runner must be requested by the batter prior to batting; or

ii)a pinch runner can be requested due to injury incurred during the game.

6.A team is allowed three (3) outs or a maximum of ten (10) batters per inning, whichever comes first. The announcement of the 10th batter in an inning, is a joint responsibility between the captain and the scorekeeper and must be declared when she goes to bat. If the 10th is walked, the next batter in the order will go up. The inning cannot end with a walk. The inning will be over when the batter:

i)strike’s out, or;

ii)a third out is made, or;

iii)a batted ball is thrown to a player who must then touch home plate.

  1. There will be no team coaches only base coaches who will be members of your designated team.

8.A player must play at least eight games of the regular season in order to be eligible to play in the playoffs (the number of games may be waived by a vote of the Executive, in exceptional circumstances). For players joining the league part way through the season, playoff eligibility will be decided on at the time of registration (no less than 60%)

  1. There will be no refund of the league fee after June 30th.
  1. The league CONSTITUTION is available to all members, upon request (from your team captain).

10.The team captain is to ensure that each player plays a minimum of 4 innings per game, whenever, wherever possible.

GLEN CAIRN LADIES SOFTBALL LEAGUE

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

a)The team designated as the “home” team, will be responsible for setting up and dismantling the field.

b)It is the responsibility of the winning team to deliver the score sheet to the league statistician.

c)Any player who cannot make a game or cannot continue to play for the season must inform her captain so that a replacement can be found.

d)Any player missing three (3) games without notifying her captain will automatically be removed from the league. Advise your captain ahead of time when you will be away on holidays or unavailable for a particular game.

e)It will be mandatory for a team to maintain a roster of 13 players until the end of June. After that time, it will be up to the captain whether to replace a player that has dropped out or not.

f)If a player should become pregnant, she will be allowed to play until the end of her 12th week; regardless she needs a written statement from her doctor that must be filed with the league President (or secretary) plus she should have it with her at all times if requested by the umpire.

g)In the event that the captain of a team must resign her position, the team will be required to elect a new captain.

HIGHLIGHTS OF

CANADIAN AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION(C.A.S.A.)

  1. Bases should be measured as follows:
  • back of home plate to pitcher’s mound40 ft.
  • back of home plate to 1st and 3rd base60 ft.
  • back of home plate to 2nd base84 ft.
  1. No base-runner can lead from a base until the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand.
  1. Only the captain of a team can question a call made by the umpire.
  1. Regular gloves may be worn by any player, but “trappers” may only be used by the catcher and/or the first base-woman.

5.The Infield Fly rule is in effect. This rule applies only when there are fewer than 2 outs, and there is a force play at third base (ie. When there are runners at first and second base, or the bases are loaded.)

TOURNAMENT RULES

  1. No mercy rule.
  1. Home team will be decided by a flip of the coin by the umpire except during the final, when the team that has the most points during the tournament will have Home field advantage. In the case of a tie, a coin toss will decide home team.
  1. All Friday and Saturday games will be six (6) full innings, there will be no time limit. Regardless of the score, the bottom of the 6th inning must be played to completion. When 2 teams are tied after 6 complete innings, extra innings must be played until a winner is determined. The game will end immediately should the home team score the go-ahead run. In all cases, the score will be reflected by a 1 run differential (i.e. Score is tied 4-4 at the end of regular time. Should the visiting team score 6 runs in their half of the inning and the home team not score any, the final score will be shown as 5-4 for the visitors.)
  1. All Sunday games will be seven (7) innings.
  1. Standings will be determined as follows:

a)Most wins

b)If two teams or more are tied with the same win/loss record and they played each other during the tournament, their positions will be determined by whoever won the game between them. If two or more teams were tied and did not play each other, their positions will be determined as per Rule “c”.

c)If two or more teams are tied with the same win/loss record, their positions will be determined as follows:

  • Best total net score (total runs for, less total runs against) 7 point spread
  • Most runs scored
  • Least runs scored against
  • Flip of a coin
  1. Winning Captains are to put all scoresheets in the “Suggestion Box” at the Kanata Sports Club as soon as possible after each game or remit to a member of the tournament sub-committee
  1. Scorekeepers will be provided for the finals
  1. A team may use the same spare more than once but captains are strongly encouraged to use different spares during the tournament.
  1. All regular season rules apply.
  1. In the event of a tiebreaker the following rules apply: Starting with the top of the seventh (7th) inning and each half inning thereafter in the 3 regular tournament games, and with the top of the eighth (8) inning and each half inning thereafter in the finals, the offensive team shall begin its turn at bat with the player who is scheduled to bat last in that respective half-inning being placed on second base. The player who is running can be substituted in accordance with the substitution rules.
  1. All tournament committee decisions are final.