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LOCAL RULE 4: Starting
and Ending the Game;
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| 4A | An NSYBA regulation game consists of seven (7) innings, unless extended because of a tie score, or shortened: (1) because the home team needs none of its half of the seventh inning or only a portion of it, or (2) the slaughter rule takes effect, or (3) the Umpire calls the game. |
| 4B |
Only one (1) extra inning may be played in the case of a tie game after seven (7) innings have been completed. If after completion of one (1) extra inning, the score is still tied, the game shall be declared a tie game. EXCEPTION: Playoff and championship games will continue until a winner is determined. |
| 4C |
If a game is called, it is a regulation game if 1) five (5) innings have been completed, or 2) the home team has scored more runs in four and one-half (4-1/2) innings than the visiting team has scored in its five (5) completed half innings. |
| 4D |
If a game is called before it becomes a regulation game, it will be considered suspended and resumed at the last completed half-inning. Innings pitched in any suspended, resumed, or make-up game accrue for that week, especially for purposes of applying Local Rule 8G. Line-ups remain the same, if possible. |
| 4E |
SLAUGHTER RULE: Any team that compiles a ten (10) run lead after five (5) complete innings shall be declared the winner. Should the home team be ahead by ten (10) runs after four and one-half (4-1/2) innings, the game will be declared over. |
| 4F | A team will field nine (9) players. Both teams may start the game with a minimum of eight (8) players. After the game starts, the minimum player limit to continue a game is seven (7). |
| 4G | The rescheduling of all rainouts, postponed and suspended games shall be agreed to by the managers and reported to the Association Commissioner or his designate within 72 hours. If that is not done, the Association Commissioner shall reschedule the game or decide whether one or both teams forfeit the game which is not rescheduled. |
| 4H | The umpire and the opposing manager must be notified that the game is being played under protest prior to the next pitch. |
| 4I | A protest must be reduced to writing and delivered to the Association Commissioner or his designate within forty-eight (48) hours of the conclusion of the protested game. The team against which the protest is lodged is entitled to file a written response at or prior to the hearing on the protest. The umpire(s) officiating at the protested game shall be requested to write his/her version of the event/protest and submit that to the Association Commissioner prior to the hearing. The Protest Committee must hear the protest as soon as possible, but no later than ten (10) days after the protest is timely delivered to the Association Commissioner or his designate. The hearing on the protest shall be chaired by the Association Commissioner, unless a team from the Community which the Association Commissioner represents is involved, in which event a non-involved director shall be selected by the Protest Committee to chair that hearing. All directors, including those from Communities involved in the protest, may participate in the hearing, questioning, debate, and argument; however, no director from a Community whose team(s) is involved in the protest may vote. A quorum shall consist of a minimum of three directors. The Protest Committee is defined in Local Rule 2. |
| 4J | The protesting manager or a representative must appear before the Protest Committee. The other manager may appear. |
| 4K | An umpire's judgment call cannot be the subject of a protest and cannot be reversed by the Association Commissioner or the Protest Committee. |
| 4L | Objectionable equipment as determined by the umpire shall be removed from the game immediately and is not grounds for a protest (e.g., a white long sleeve shirt worn by the pitcher). |
| 4M | It is in the best interest of everyone that all disputes be resolved at the time of the infraction. |
| 4N | A grace period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be permitted before forfeiting a game for lack of sufficient players. |
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revised 04/27/02 |