Royal Palm Orangewood Litte League

SOFTBALL INTERLEAGUING BYLAWS

Minors
• Coaches/Umpires will establish a pitching “rubber/line” 35 feet from the back
of the plate………the league will not have the fields set up this way. It will be
up to the coaches to make sure that pitchers pitch from 35 feet. The 2 rubber
mats on all 4 fields are 40 and 46 feet from the plate. Coaches must not field
the ball nor may they interfere with the play when pitching.

• There are NO walks. Pitchers will pitch to the batter until one of the
following happens….the batter has a count of 4 balls, the batter strikes out, or
the batter hits the ball in play. If the batter reaches 4 balls then the coach
of the batter will come in to pitch the final pitches based on the count. The
number of pitches that the coach may throw is determined by the batter’s count.
If a batter has 0 strikes, the coach has up to 4 pitches. If the batter has 1
strike the coach has up to 3 pitches………etc. The batter will receive an
additional pitch if they foul the final pitch off………There are no called
non-swinging strikes when a coach is pitching, however a coach can and will
strike a player out on a swing that does not contact the ball.

• Stealing is allowed, including home base. A runner may steal any base after
the pitch crosses the plate. A runner leaving early will be called out by rule.
By rule the runner may not leave the base until the ball reaches the home plate
when stealing.

• A runner may advance on an overthrow…….Unlimited.

• The league will provide a PAID umpire, however if no umpire is available the
coaches/parents must umpire the game per little league rule.

• An 11 inch little league approved ball is used for all games and practices.

• No more than 9 players on the field defensively at any one time.

• No new inning after 1 hour and 20 minutes. Games should be completed in 1 hour
45 minutes or less. One minute between innings.

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