U11 Mosquito South Burnaby Team Two

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Note: Shifts will be filled on a first-come first-served basis. Any re-scheduled games will be posted as soon as Grace learn the new scheduled times. Grace  will email people back to confirm their shift times.

Shifts are 3 hours long.

 

Umpire Uniform Policy

 

Umpires must wear a:

-Black or Navy Blue umpire shirt

-Grey slacks no jeans or sweatpants

-Black hat BCBUA logo or no logo at all

-Black shoes with little white

 

Umpires Late Policy

 

-Umpires must be at HOME PLATE  15 minutes prior to game start time dressed, and ready for pre-game meeting with coaches. 

-If an umpire is running late they will call the umpire coordinator

-The umpire coordinator will advise the home team coach

-If an umpire does not show up a replacement will try to be found

-If the plate umpire is absent the base umpire will have first choice in taking the plate position

-The absent umpire will not recieve any pay

 

Umpires Pay Scale

LEVEL	PLATE	BASE
Tadpole	$20.00
Mosquito	$30.00	$25.00
Pee Wee A	$35.00	$30.00
Pee Wee AA	$35.00	$30.00
Bantam A	$40.00	$35.00
Bantam AA	$45.00	$40.00

 

Midget AA

$50.00

$45.00

 

 

 

UMPIRE COORDINATOR CONTACT –

 

 Bob  Wickett         rwickett@maclaw.bc.ca

David Adamoski    778-837-1763    david_adamoski@telus.net

 

13-April-2013

VMB/SBMB/BMB Interlock specific rules

Early season (exhibition) games.

All games between the start of the spring season and the playoff (in June) are exhibition games (just for the fun of it).  Teams will keep track of outs and innings played, but the final score doesn’t matter.  There are run limits per inning, so teams need to keep track of runs only for the purpose of knowing when the inning is over.

Playoff games.

There will be a playoff in June that is run like a tournament.  Teams are not seeded.  Scores will be kept for playoff games.  All other rules are the same.

Field set up.

Bases are 60 feet apart (BC  Minor rule 25).

Safety base at first base.

Pitching rubber is 42 feet or 46 feet (see BC Minor rule 31.03(T)).

Dead ball arc is 15 feet from the home plate. (see BC Minor rule 31.02 for purpose of this line.)

Dimensions are measured from the back (apex) of home plate.

Games

Maximum 6 innings.  No new inning to start after 1 hour 45 min from the start of the game.

Two run limit in the first 2 innings.  Four run limit in 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th innings during.Only during playoff games there is a 10 run limit in the 6^th inning.  Earlier innings will not be declared 10 run innings due to time limits.

Live pitching for the first 2 innings.Pitching machine for innings 3-6.(see BC Minor rules 31.03(U-BB for pitching rules).

An umpire will be supplied by the home team.  Umpire will call balls and strikes from behind the plate for the first 2 innings, then move to base umpire for the remainder of the game.

Teams may have 4 outfielders on defence.

Pitcher is positioned near the pitching machine.

 

Sliding

Slide or avoid rule is in effect (see BC Minor rule 24.01 and 24.03).  This means that players must slide or take other action to avoid collisions.  No head first slides.

Hitting

Batting team supplies pitching machine operator.

Swinging strikes – 3 and the batter is out.

7 pitch maximum to each batter when using pitching machine.  A foul on the 7^th or more pitch is not counted and the player gets another pitch.

3^rd strike tip ball caught by catcher - batter is out.

No walks awarded when using pitching machine.

“No pitch” if ball hits pitching machine.

Baserunning

Overthrows - Maximum one base on any overthrow. 
- Only one overthrow per play
- Runner on third cannot go home on an overthrow. 

Play stops when an infielder has possession of the ball and does not make any other play; the runners cannot advance past the base that they were going to.

Coaching

One coach, while his or her team is playing on the defensive, may be in the outfield providing guidance and training in the fundamentals of baseball.

Relay race

Games end with a relay race.  Home team starts from home plate and away team starts from 2^ndbase.

BC Minor Rules that apply to Tadpole.

Rule 24.01 Slide or Avoid.

If a play is being made, or is about to be made, it is mandatory for players of all age groups to slide or make an effort to avoid a collision at all bases and home plate.

Rule 24.03 Head First Slides

No head first slides to a base or home plate are.  (Diving head first back to a base already legally acquired will be allowed.)

Rule 31 - Tadpole Specific Rules

NOTE: Modifications to BC Minor rules made for the VMB/SBMB/BMB interlock are shown as crossed out or ALL CAPS.

 

31.02 Playing Line

Playing Line is the arched line from the first and third base lines which is a guideline for the umpire to determine a fair hit ball. The playing line is the distance down the first and third base lines and from the tip of home plate and shall be fifteen feet (15'). A chalk line or other white material is then arched across the playing field.

A Fair Hit Ball is a legally batted ball that in the umpire's opinion will or could have firmly crossed the playing line, in fair territory, even if it is fielded before crossing the line.

A Dead Hit Ball is a legally batted ball that in the umpire's opinion will not or could not have firmly crossed the playing line, even if it is fielded. But, if the ball is in flight and is caught the batter is out and the ball is alive.

31.03 General

(A) All players turning 8 or 9 years old in the current year(or younger) are eligible to play.

(B) Before a PLAYOFF game, each head coach must give a copy of his batting line-up to the opposing team and the home plate umpire.  LINEUPS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR EARLY SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

(C) Home teams are to supply the umpires for their game.

(D) During a game, coaches or parents cannot position themselves on the outside of the backstop behind the umpire in order to coach the team or umpire. There will be warning and if this continues, the coach will be ejected.

(E) The BCMBA Code of Conduct applies

(F) No new inning shall be started later than 2 hours and 15 minutes1HOUR AND 45 MINUTES from the start of the game.

(G) The length of a legal PLAYOFF game is 4 complete innings but no more than 6 innings of pitched baseball.

(H) 910 players allowed on the field per inning (4 OUTFIELDERS).

(I) You must have a minimum of 9 8 players starting the game FOR PLAYOFFS.  THERE IS NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS FOR EARLY SEASON GAMES.  TEAMS MAY AGREE TO LOAN PLAYERS TO THE OTHER TEAM FOR EXHIBITION GAMES.

(J) You can only dress 13 players per game, although you may carry as many spares as you like.

(K) 3 outs or a maximum of 2 RUNS PER INNING IN THE FIRST 2 INNINGS AND 4 runs per inning FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME.  FOR PLAYOFF GAMES ONLYwith the last THE 6^THinning of play having a 10 run maximum limit.

(L) All players must play the infield for a minimum of 2 innings and the outfield for a minimum of 1 inning per game.

(M) No player may play more than 2 innings in one position with the exception of the catcher who may play a maximum of 3 innings per game.

(N) All players must sit once before another player sits twice.

(O) All teams will take their last bats, no matter what the score is. There is no mercy rule in effect.

(P) When at bat, any team maySHOULD pull their catcher off the bases to dress for the next inning when there are 2 outs. The last player out will replace them.

(Q) Everyone bats.

(R) A regulation hard ball is used.  A SOFT POLY BALL IS USED (SUCH AS A LEVEL 5 FLEXIBALL).

(S) Base paths are set at 60 feet.

(T) Pitching shall be from 42 feet (players may pitch from 46 feet but it is not mandatory. If a player elects to pitch from 46 feet, they must start and finish that inning from 46 feet).

(U) All players may only pitch 1 inning per game.

(V) Pitchers can only pitch a maximum of 6 innings per pitching week 7 DAY SPAN.

(W) The pitching week is from Monday 12:01 a.m. to Monday 12:00 a.m. (Midnight).

(X) Any pitcher who delivers 1 pitch to a batter shall be considered to have pitched one inning.

(X-1) Pitch count rule:

(Y) The pitcher may pitch from the “set position” without coming to a full stop before delivery. No “balk balls” will be called against the pitcher.

(Z) 1 trip to the mound by coaches per inning – per player. Pitcher is to be removed on a 2^ndtrip to the mound by coaches. The pitcher removed due to this rule cannot return as a pitcher in this game in a later inning.

(AA) If a batter is hit by a pitched ball, the batter is awarded first base.

(BB) Any pitcher that hits 2 batters must be removed from the pitching mound.

(CC) Base stealing is NOT allowed. Runners may advanceif there is an attempt to throw out a runner; the play is live until the pitcher has possession of the ball on the mound. However, if there are runners at 1st and 3rd base, the catcher may attempt to throw out the runner at second base but the runner at 3rd base cannot steal home. A runner at third must be hit home to score.

(DD) No stealing home on an OVERTHROW, passed ball, or on a missed throw back to the pitcher.

(EE) Base runners must stop running once the pitcher  AN INFIELDER has possession of the ball on OR NEAR the mound and does not attempt to make a play.

(FF) Any runner that stops advancing to a base, when the pitcher has possession of the ball on OR NEAR the mound, OR PLAY IS STOPPED (SEE RULE EE), the runner must return to the base he/she came from.

(GG) Any base runner that overruns another base runner is declared out.

(HH) Leadoffs are not allowed. The ball must cross home plate before any runner(s) can leave the base(s).

(II) No head first sliding allowed. The runner will be called out.

(JJ) Bunting is NOT allowed. A bunt is considered a strike if missed or fouled. A batter that fouls a bunt on strike 3 is out.

(KK) Batter cannot run on a third strike dropped by the catcher.

(LL) Catcher interference rule is in effect. No pitch is to be called. One warning is to be issued to the catcher and if interference occurs again the batter will be awarded 1st base (per batter).

(MM) The slide or avoid rule is in effect.

(NN) The umpire will call obstruction on a defensive player if the bag or plate is not partly exposed. The runner will be awarded the base.

(OO) Players willMAY be called out for throwing their bat.   UMPIRES MAY GIVE WARNING BEFORE CALLING DECIDING TO CALL A PLAYER OUT.

(PP) If a player leaves a game because of an injury or an emergency, that player will be scratched from the line-up and the team will not be penalized.

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