Monday, February 21, 2011

Widget Baseball Rules 2011

St. Bernadette Instructional Baseball Rules
3rd and 4th Grade Boys


Bases are 60 feet
Pitching distance is 43 feet
Game Limit: 1 hour or 5 innings
Teams must bat entire lineup
Pitcher can pitch only three consecutive innings per game
Rule of 10’s: If a team is ahead by 10 runs in any inning, they must switch to the field after the 10th batter. If the team doesn’t have 10 players, they must switch to the field after the last batter in the line-up.
No Infield Fly Rule
No dropped third strike
Players may not lead off or steal, except from third base to home, after the ball has crossed home plate. Starting in mid April (date to be announced) players may lead off, and steal from any base.
This is an instructional league, therefore, no player may crossover and play JV or Varsity Baseball while a part of this league.