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The Collierville Parks and Recreation Department shall
determine the number, variety and type of leagues; but teams may request league
preference registering.
All teams are required to turn in a roster before they play
the second game of the regular season.�
No team will be allowed to participate until roster is filled out
correctly and turned in to the Athletic Office.� Teams may add players to the roster until the sixth game of the
season is complete.� No player may be
added at this point.� No player under
the age of 17 (on or before September 1, 2003) will be allowed to participate.
A maximum of 20 players including a manager, a coach,
scorekeeper, bat boy or girl and any other general team personal shall be
permitted on the roster and in the dugout.
A player must participate in at least 50% of that teams
games for which they are roster to be eligible to participate in the
tournament.
No player may participate with two different teams in a
league.� All players must be on a roster
and participate with that team.� Teams
using illegal players (players not on roster) will forfeit all games played
with illegal players.
Unless other wise stated, A.S.A. Official Softball Rules
govern play.
There is a limit of 3 home runs per team, per game.� Every home run hit after the 3rd
will be recorded as an out.
All games are played with 10 players.� Teams may not start or continue a game with
less than 8 players, no matter how team lost players.� Teams that begin a game with 8 or 9 players do not have to take
�an out� for missing players in batting position.� Any team with less that 8 roster players will forfeit game.� *NOTE � Coed teams may start game with nine
players without losing player batting and playing position. Coed teams must
have at least 4 men and 4 women to begin a game.
Players may be added to the line up, at the end, until the
batting order has been completed one time.
Any team forfeiting four games will be removed from
remaining game schedule.
Ten (10) run rule after five (5) innings, fifteen (15) after
four (4) innings and Twenty (20) after three will constitute a game.� A game is complete after four (4) complete
innings if stopped due to weather or uncontrolled circumstances.
Games called due to weather or other uncontrolled
circumstances deemed by the umpires or CPARD staff before four (4) complete
innings and after one (1) complete inning will begin where game was
suspended.� Coaches for both teams are
responsible for signing the scorebook before leaving the field to assure
accuracy of player�s positions.�
(Another roster player may be substituted without penalty in rescheduled
games).� Games called before one
complete inning will be rescheduled as a new game.
League (or division) winner will
receive a team trophy.� The tournament
champions and tournament runner-up will receive team trophies.� End of Season tournament is determined by
number of teams in league.
The tiebreakers for teams with identical season records will
be as follows:
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1st tie break � won/loss record in head to head
games
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2nd tie break � won/loss record with next place
team and proceeding downward
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3rd tie break � fewest runs given up in head to
head play
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4th tie break � fewest runs given up for the
entire season
Exception � If teams play in divisions, the division record
will decide champion with overall record deciding tiebreaker, if tie still
exist, proceed with tiebreaker format above.
Teams must hit own softballs.� The Parks and Recreation Department WILL NOT provide
softballs.� Balls must be USSSA or ASA
core 47 12� balls for men and 11� for women.
Multi-wall and certain lively bats as identified by ASA and
USSSA are illegal for use in Town of Collierville softball leagues.� Any illegal bat will be disqualified from
the game and given to the CPARD staff member on site.� The player using the bat will be ejected from the game.� If team violates the bat ban twice in one
season, they will be removed from the league.�
The Town will not be responsible for the condition of any bat deemed
illegal that is brought to the park.
NO METAL CLEATS MAY BE WORN.� Rubber cleats are permissible.
Uniforms or matching shirts are highly recommended.
Pants must be either shorts or baseball pants.� Blue jeans are not allowed.� However, sweat pants will be allowed.� Caps are optional.
All managers and coaches are responsible for familiarizing
their players with the rules and regulations governing the program.� CPARD expects all coaches to exercise
complete control of players at all times.
Any manager or coach that directs their team to stop the
contest or any team that assumes this action before the final out, immediately
forfeits that particular game regardless of the score and the coach is
automatically suspended for a length of time determined by CPARD.
The team manager or coach must make all roster changes and
decisions unless another player is granted direct permission by the coach to
CPARD.
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Games will be seven (7) innings or one (1) hour time limit.
Game time is game time. �Due to the rule change of allowing a team to play with 8 players
without penalty, absolutely no grace period will be given.� No questions.
A Courtesy Runner can be used at any time during the game
for any player.� The player making the
last out must be used as a courtesy runner.�
A team must discover misuse of a courtesy before the next pitch is
thrown.� Once next pitch has been
thrown, play goes on.� Once this is
discovered the proper courtesy runner will replace that runner.
No player shall intentionally run over an opposing player
who already has a ball in his/her possession.�
Penalty for such an infraction will be automatic ejection from the game.
Teams may us an Extra Hitter (EH).� An extra hitter may be used at any position of the batting
order.� Coed teams must use two extra
hitters.� The EH may be substituted into
the game at any time on defense as long as batting order is not changed.
The score of a forfeited game shall be ten (10) to zero (0)
in favor of the team not at fault.�
Protests shall be based on interpretation of rules
only.� Decisions involving the judgment
of umpires will not be received or considered.
A written protest must be submitted to the Parks and
Recreation Department no later than 7:00 p.m. the first working day following
the protested game.� The protest will
affect only the game that is protested.�
Not more than one game will be penalized by a protest.� Protests must be stated at the point of
contention (before the ball is put into play) and the umpires and scorekeeper
must make note of protest on Official Score sheet.� Protesting Manager must then file the official protest in writing
to the Parks and Recreation Department before the protest deadline.
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A player, coach or umpire who is bleeding or who has blood
on his/her uniform shall be prohibited from participating further in the game
until appropriate treatment can be administered in a reasonable length of
time.� The length of time that is
considered reasonable is the judgment of the umpire and/or CPARD staff
member.� Uniform rule violations will
not be enforced if a uniform change is required.
Absolutely
no profanity or misconduct toward staff, other players, umpires and spectators
is tolerated.� That person will be dealt
with appropriately.� Remember that there
are children and other people around that do not want to hear your aggressive
feelings and profanity.� Anyone
expressing him or herself in this manor will be subject to ejection and
disqualification from league and facilities for a time deemed by the
Collierville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department.
All coaches are responsible for making his/her team aware of
all rules, regulations, policies and procedures of this department and
league.� No player is exempt from
punishment explained in these rules.
A coach or player must be granted permission to enter the
playing area to discuss (in a calm manner) any rule violation.� Any judgment call will not be disputed and
can cause immediate ejection by the umpire and/or CPARD staff.
All players and coaches must remain in the dugouts at all
times.� Only players batting,
participating on defense, players on deck or coaching first and third are
allowed out of the dugout.� Players may
stand outside playing fence if there is no room in dugout.
Any spectator, fan, coach, etc. standing at a teams dugout
displaying abusive and/or obscene behavior will be expected by the umpires and
CPARD staff to be controlled by the team who occupies that dugout.� That team may request assistance from CPARD
in controlling that person to avoid any penalty.
Alcoholic beverages are not allowed on park property.� This means parking lots, open grass areas
and inside complex.� Anyone who consumes
or has consumed alcohol prior to arriving to complex will be asked to leave
park property.� CPARD and Town of
Collierville Police Department will deal with violators who resist accordingly.
In the umpire�s judgment any player who appears to be under
the influence of alcohol will be ejected from the game.
Please refer to the Parks and Recreation Department
Participant Behavior Policy.
Schedule changes are not allowed.� If a team has a special problem in regards to game time, the
manager should note the problem at registration.
Normally, two umpires will officiate each game.� If one umpire is present, the game shall be
played.� If no umpires show up, games
will be postponed and made up at a later date.
No batting practice is allowed
Line up cards (supplied in the press box) must be turned
into the scorekeeper 10 minutes before game time.� Be sure lineups contain:
Players Full Name � First name and last name
Players Number
Any substitutions
No coaches, players, assistant coaches, team scorekeepers or
spectators are allowed in press box during game.� Only coaches are allowed in press box to deliver lineups prior
Any team wishing to warm up before games should warm up
inside fence areas between Fields 1 & 5 and Fields 5 & 4.� No team is allowed to warm up between Fields
1 & 2 and Fields 2 & 3.� These
are our traffic areas and safety issue.
No animal is allowed inside the complex without lease or
supervisor.� The owner or supervisor of
an animal considered dangerous or a threat to others will be asked to leave
park property.
No refund will be given to any team once placed on the
schedule.
Call Rec-Check at 853-1212 for daily updated Field Conditions.� Rec-Check is updated by 3:00 pm, Monday � Friday; 8:00 am on Saturday and 11:00 am on Sunday.
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