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LOCAL RULE 11: General Game Rules; Eligibility
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| 11A | The use of tobacco in any form by any person is prohibited on the playing field and in and adjacent to the dugout. One warning per game will be given; thereafter, any offender will be ejected from the game or banned from coaching. |
| 11B |
The managers share the responsibility for the conduct of the spectators. One warning will be given by the umpire or Association Commissioner. Continued misconduct by the spectators may result in the forfeiture of the game for the offending team. |
| 11C |
Conduct that is detrimental to the NSYBA subjects the offender to suspension from the NSYBA. |
| 11D |
Ejection from any game by the umpire of a player, coach, or manager will subject said person to appropriate disciplinary action after review by the Association Commissioner. |
| 11E |
Any person who is ejected two (2) times in a season will serve an automatic two (2) game suspension, including post-season play, pending review of the severity of the infraction. If the conduct is determined to be severe, a harsher penalty may be imposed by the Disciplinary Committee. Any person who is ejected three (3) times in a season will be expelled for the remainder of the season. |
| 11F | The managers and umpires are responsible for keeping spectators from standing behind the home plate backstop screen. |
| 11G | Free substitution is allowed and each rostered player and each called up player present during a game must play four (4) innings. (For called up players see Local Rule 3J.) When there is a difference of two or more players between the two teams in a game, the minimum number of innings per player is reduced to three innings. |
| 11H | If a substitute player enters at the beginning of the third inning and the game ends after the player has played 3 2 innings, the substitute player is considered as having fulfilled the four (4) innings of play rule, provided that the player has batted at least once. |
| 11I | A player playing less than three (3) innings in a game shortened by rain, darkness, inclement weather, or the slaughter rule and who has not batted, must be placed in the starting lineup for the next game if he is present at the next game. |
| 11J | Any player who arrives after the game starts forfeits the right to play. The manager has the option of playing the tardy player. The intention of this rule is to promote player responsibility to the team. This rule must be applied uniformly by the manager of the team. A late arriving player will be added at the bottom of the batting line-up, if the manager exercises the option that he play. |
| 11K | An injured player can be replaced by any player except that a player who is not eligible to pitch for any reason shall not replace an injured pitcher. |
| 11L | Any person who is rostered by or who plays for or in any Illinois High School Association baseball team, conference, league, association, or the like, is not eligible to play in the NSYBA. Exception: a person who plays on a traveling team for a Community which requires a player to play in that Community's "house league" as a condition to playing on the traveling team, may play in the NSYBA if the Community deems playing in the NSYBA to satisfy the house league requirement for all its players. |
| 11M | No team may roster more than two (2) fifteen (15) year old players, unless, for good cause shown, the Board permits a third 15-year-old player. |
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revised 04/27/02 |