Team Formation


6 and Under

Teams: Players are placed on teams from their neighborhood or elementary school.

Basic Rules of Play: 50' bases. Coach pitch. No score kept. Baseball basics. Use soft baseball. NO metal cleats.

8 and Under

Teams: All players try out, including pitchers. The Manager’s child is protected. The balance of the roster is done by draft. The order in which teams select players in the draft selection is decided by a hat draw. Then draft order is done in serpentine fashion. All registered players are drafted on a team.

Basic Rules of Play: 50’ bases, 38’ pitching mound. A player can pitch a maximum of 2 innings per game and no more than 4 innings per week. No leadoff. Able to steal 2nd and 3rd. Maximum 5 runs per inning. Unlimited runs in last inning. No new inning after 1 hour 30 minutes, drop dead is 1 hour 45 minutes. If the inning is not complete, the final
score will revert to the score of the last completed inning. NO metal cleats.

10 and Under

Teams: All players try out, including pitchers. The Manager’s child is protected. The balance of the roster is done by draft. The order in which teams select players in the draft selection is decided by a hat draw. Then draft order is done in serpentine fashion. All registered players are drafted on a team.

Basic Rules of Play: 60’ bases, 44’ pitching mound. A player can pitch a maximum of 3 innings per game and no more than 8 innings per week. Leadoff. Able to steal 2nd, 3rd and Home. Third strike drop ball in effect. Maximum 6 runs per inning. Unlimited runs in last inning. No new inning after 1 hour 45 minutes, drop dead is 2 hours. If the inning is not complete, the final score will revert to the score of the last completed inning. NO metal cleats.

12 and Under

Teams: All Players try out, including pitchers. The Manager’s child is protected. The balance of the roster is done by draft. The order in which teams select players in the draft selection is decided by a hat draw. Then draft order is done in serpentine fashion. All registered players are drafted on a team.

Basic Rules of Play: 70’ bases, 48’ pitching mound. A player can pitch a maximum of 6 innings per game and no more than 10 innings per week. Leadoff. Able to steal 2nd, 3rd and home. No maximum runs per inning. No new inning after 2 hours. When the time limit is reached, the current inning will be completed, and the game will be called. NO metal cleats.

14 and Under

Teams: All Players try out, including pitchers. The Manager’s child is protected. The balance of the roster is done by draft. The order in which teams select players in the draft selection is decided by a hat draw. Then draft order is done in serpentine fashion. All registered players are drafted on a team.

Basic Rules of Play: 80’ bases, 54’ pitching mound. A player can pitch a maximum of 7 innings per game and no more than 12 innings per week. Leadoff. Able to steal 2nd, 3rd and home. No maximum runs per inning. No new inning after 2 hours 10 minutes. When the time limit is reached, the current inning will be completed, and the game will be called. NO metal cleats.

For more details of the rules for each division, please see the Rules of Play web page.

Page updated: 01-07-08