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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. |
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. Steal home only on pass ball. Maximum 5 runs per inning. Unlimited runs in last inning. No new inning after 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes time limit. |
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 to 2 hours time limit. |
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 innings after 2 hours. |
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 innings after 2 hours 10 minutes. |
For
more details of the rules for each division, please see the Rules
of Play web page. |
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