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LOCAL RULE 1: Objectives of the Game;
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The Official Baseball Rules (The Sporting News edition) governs play and is the main rule book for the NSYBA. It is supplemented by these Local Rules. Each Manager must and each coach should be thoroughly familiar with the Official Baseball Rules and these Local Rules, which supercede the official rules in every instance. Both sets of rules must be in the possession of the Manager or coach in charge of the team at every game. Compliance with the rules is mandatory and any violation as formally reported by the opposing manager or detected by the Association Commissioner shall be grounds for forfeiture of the game(s) in which the violation occurred. |
| 1B |
No team shall roster more than 13 players. |
| 1C |
No metal spikes are allowed and no jewelry may be worn. Only gym shoes or molded sole rubber spike shoes may be worn. The Association recommends a molded sole shoe. |
| 1D |
All male players must wear a protective, supporter-type cup. The manager will do a cup check before the start of every game or practice. Male players not complying with this rule will not be permitted to play. |
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The catcher must wear a helmet, face mask with a throat protector, a chest protector, and shin guards. |
| 1F | All batters, runners, and players who are coaching on the playing field must wear a batting helmet when they leave the dugout and keep the helmet on their heads until they return to the dugout. Any player on the playing field who refuses to wear a helmet while batting, running, or coaching a base will be removed from the game. |
| 1G | The intentional removal of a helmet by a runner shall be grounds for being called out by the umpire, unless a time out has been called and approved by the umpire. The repetitive removal of a helmet by a runner shall result in that player's ejection from the game. One warning per player per team will be allowed. |
| 1H | If a player throws his helmet or bat, or displays unsportsmanlike conduct, that player is subject to ejection from the game by the umpire. If the umpire chooses to issue a warning, the umpire must notify the manager and the player at the time of the infraction and warning. A second infraction by a player for the same violation for which he has been warned shall subject that player to ejection from the game. |
| 1I | The catcher and his teammates shall not entice an opposing batter to swing at a pitched ball. One warning will be given, thereafter the violator shall be removed from the game. |
| 1J | The fields are open play and any ball batted to the outfield and which remains in the outfield is in play. |
| 1K | Fielders must catch the ball on the field of play. Should the fielder's momentum carry the fielder through the enclosed park area, runners may advance at their own risk. |
| 1L | Should any equipment not presently in use by a player in the game interfere in the play of a live ball, the ball becomes dead. If the offensive team's equipment interferes, the batter is out. If the defensive team's equipment interferes, the runners advance one base. |
| 1O | Any thrown ball that sticks under or rolls past a backstop or a bench-protecting fence, is thrown into a dugout, or is overthrown out of the enclosed park area is an automatic one base advance for each runner and the ball becomes dead. However, a runner shall be entitled to the base he is running to and the one base advance if he is moving toward a base at the time the ball becomes dead. |
| 1P | There shall be 80 ft. bases and 54 ft. distance from the pitching plate to the front of the home plate. |
| 1Q | No bat shall be larger than 2 3/4 inches in diameter and there is no limit on differential. |
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revised 04/27/02 |