T-Ball / 4 Pitch Rules
(amended 2010)
GENERAL
G1. Umpire decisions are final.
 
G2 No games are to be protested.
 
G3. The actions of players, manager, coaches and parents must be above reproach.
 
G4. The use of tobacco in any form is prohibited on the playing field, benches and dugouts.
 
G5. Players or coaches while participating in a scheduled game are not permitted to deliberately harass or direct any discourteous remarks at the officials or any member of the opposing team
 
G6. Managers, coaches or players engaging or persisting in conduct unfavourable to the spirit, principles, and objectives of good sportsmanship in T -ball shall receive a single warning from the umpire. If the offence or offences continue, offender or offenders will be removed from the game.
 
G7. Anyone removed from the game must leave the playing field and, if requested by the umpire, the spectator area. Failure to do so could result in a forfeiture of the game.

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UNIFORMS
 
U1. Players must wear team sweater, pants, and cap. All regular coaches must wear coach's sweater and cap. If all coaches are not present at a game, an assisting parent need not have a team sweater, but should wear a cap if one is available. All players and coaches must wear long pants. Shorts or cut-offs are not permitted.
 
U2. Metal spikes on shoes are not permitted.
 
U3. Each player must have a baseball glove when playing in the field.
 
EQUIPMENT
 
E1. The home team supplies the ball, bases and T -stand and is responsible for the field set-up.
 
E2. All batters, pitchers and base runners must wear helmets with chin straps at all times.
 
E3. Catchers must at all times wear complete protective gear, including helmet & mask, chest protector and shin guards.
 
FIELD LAYOUT

 
F1. A batting tee is placed on home plate.
 
F2. Bases are set up 50 feet apart.
 
F3. The pitching maching is set up 22 feet from home plate.
 
F5. Lines are drawn halfway between first and second, second and third, and third and home bases.
 
F6. The batter's box is 3 feet wide and 6 feet long, and 4 inches from the edge of the home plate chalked on the field before the game. There is a batter's box on either side of home plate.

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TEAM ROSTERS AND POSITIONS
 
T1. Scores are not kept in T-Ball / 4 Pitch
 
T2. Each team will field all players in attendance.
 
T3. All players in the line-up will bat once every inning. The last batter position must be rotated through the batting order. The first batter of the previous inning moves to the last batter position and the second batter in the previous inning moves to the first batter position.
 
T4. Every child will be allowed to play, no matter how late he or she arrives at the game. Late players must be placed on the bottom of the batting order.
 
T5. Players should be rotated through all fielding positions.
 
T6. For safety, at the discretion of the coach and with the approval of the player's parent, first year players five years and under do not have to play any infield position, other than catcher, until such time that the player is deemed responsible enough to play the other infield positions.
 
T7. Players in the field will play normal baseball positions.
 
T8. The outfielders must position themselves on the outfield grass. There are three extra outfielders. They should be spread evenly over the outfield grass.
 
T9. The pitcher must have both feet across the pitcher's rubber until the ball is hit.
 
T10. First base, second base, third base, and shortstop players must stand in the dirt near their respective bases, behind the in-play line before the ball is hit.
 
T11. The umpire is responsible for placing the ball on the tee during the game.
 
T12. For safety, the umpire is responsible for removing the batting tee from the playing area when the play nears home plate.
 
COACHES IN THE FIELD
 
C1. The defensive team are allowed no more than two coaches on the playing field. They must remain in the outfield. A coach may enter the infield only if a player is injured.
 
C2. The coaches are not, under any circumstances, allowed to interfere with the ball or the play of the game, except to give verbal instructions to the fielders. The penalties for intentional interference shall be 1) ejection from the game; 2) the batter will be called out; 3) all runners will return to the base occupied when the ball was hit by the batter.
 
THE GAME: Length, Start, Defaults, etc.
 
GA1. Games start at 6:30 PM.
 
GA2. No inning may begin after 8: 15 PM
 
GA3. The umpire may call the game because of darkness, if in his or her opinion it is not safe to play
 
GA4. If a game is called due to bad weather before rule BWR is satisfied, the game must be rescheduled. The coaches must inform the Co-ordinator and the Co-ordinator will advise the coaches of a new date. This applies to games which may or may not have been started to be played.
 
GA5. At the first sign of lightning, the home plate umpire will rule the game is over. Players and coaches will be asked to leave the playing field immediately. The game will be rescheduled unless BWR has been satisfied.

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BATTING
 
B1. Batter will decide whether he will hit off the T or the pitching machine.
a) If a batter chooses to hit off the T, he/she will be allowed as many swings as it takes to put the ball in play.

b)If the batter chooses the pitching machine, they will receive 4 pitches . If they have not hit the ball into play after 4 pitches from the machine, they will then be allowed to hit off the T.
 
B2. When a batter throws the bat in the process of swinging at the ball, he or she will be warned by the umpire on the first occasion and the umpire will record the incident with the scorekeepers. On succeeding incidents by the same player in the same game, the batter will be called out for that at-bat. Base runners will not advance.
 
B3. No coaches are allowed within the screened area while a batter is attempting to hit the ball, unless time out is asked for and given by the umpire.
 
B4. No bunts are allowed
 
RUNNING AND FIELDING
 
R1. No base stealing is allowed.
 
R2. No lead-offs are allowed. Any runner caught taking a lead-off will be called out by the umpire.
   
R3. There will be no extra base awarded when a throw to 1st base goes out of play.
   
R4. Batters must return to their team bench after being called out.
   
R5. The play will be called dead once an infielder in possession of the ball holds in up in his throwing hand.
   
R6. Only an infielder may make a play at a base or hold the ball up to end play.
   
R7. When the pitcher fields a hit, he/she must make a throw in order to make an out (tagging is not allowed)
   
   
R8. An inning is completed once the entire hitting team has hit once and "Last Batter" has been called. Once the last hitter has hit the ball into play, the inning is over once the fielding team returns the ball to the catcher who must then step on the plate to end play.
 
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