Beacon Hill Rookie Minors House Game Rules
RULES
- Players should arrive 45 minutes prior to start of game for a warm up.
- A regulation game is 4 innings long.
- There is no “on deck” circle to warm up batters.
- The maximum number of bases a player can advance on a hit is 2.
- Each team will have 3 outs or a maximum of 3 runs per inning. In the last inning the visiting team may score enough runs to go ahead by 3 before 3 outs. The home team may then try to score enough runs to go ahead before 3 outs are made.
- No inning can start after 1 hr 45 minutes of play. A tie game will not continue after the maximum number of innings in a regular scheduled game are completed.
- All players should have an opportunity to play all positions during the season.
- Coaches may be in the outfield coaching the defensive team.
- Every player on a team roster will participate in each game for a minimum of 2 innings and bat at least 1 time.
- Batting – Every player bats in a continuous batting order.
- A Reduced Injury (level 5 soft) baseball is used as opposed to a regulation hardball.
- Stealing is not allowed in Rookie Minor games.
- Sliding is permitted. Feet first only going into a base. (Head first sliding going back to a base is not encouraged but will not result in an out.)
- Players may be borrowed from other Rookie Minors teams, or from the Junior Rookie division. A team may borrow only enough to bring the team up to 9 players. Borrowed players must play outfield and bat last.
- Pitching:
- A pitcher can only throw 1 inning per game. NO EXCEPTIONS!
- Peer to Peer pitching is utilized but from a CLOSER pitching rubber than in Minors (38 feet).
- After three (3) balls are pitched to a batter, the opposing (batting) team’s coach will pitch to the batter. However, if the count is 3 balls and 2 strikes, 1 more pitch can be thrown.
- There are no walks. The batter will continue to bat until a strike out occurs or the ball is put into play. The original pitcher will stand beside the coach for defensive purposes and will return to the mound for the next batter.
- The coach can not throw any BALLS, every pitch the coach throws is a strike, regardless if it is thrown in the strike zone or not.
Coaches work on throwing strikes!!