WIDGET BASEBALL LEAGUE RULES

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

1. Bases are 60 feet
2. Pitching distance is 43 feet
3. Game Limit: 1 hour or 5 innings
4. Teams must bat entire lineup
5. Pitcher can pitch only three consecutive innings per game
6. 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 don’t have 10 players, they must switch to the field after the last batter in the line-up.
7. No Infield Fly Rule
8. No dropped third strike
9. 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.
10. This is an instructional league, therefore, no player may crossover and play J.V or Varsity Baseball while a part of this league.