Adult Softball Manager's Cheat Sheet

Metro Tournament:

  • August  
  • $115/team
  • Deadline to register is 7/11 at 3pm
  • Teams must have roster on file to be eligible

Please refer to THE USA SOFTBALL RULE BOOK for all rules except the following MPRB modifications:

House Rules:

Time Limit:

  • No new inning shall start 55 minutes after start of the game (all games)
  • Tie games will remain a tie: another inning may be played if time permits

Balls and Strikes:

  • 3 balls, 2 strikes
  • No courtesy foul- batter must hit ball fair on second strike

Run Rule:

  • 20 runs after three innings
  • 15 runs after four innings
  • 10 runs after five innings

Home Run Rule:

  • Limit of 4 untouched over the fence home runs per team per game for ALL classifications and leagues on ALL fenced or partially fenced fields
  • Any home runs over 4 will result in the batter being called out

'E' Leagues:

  • The half inning is over after 6 runs have scored
  • This rule may be waved if both teams agree to do so at the beginning of the game

Equipment:

  • Managers must provide a usable USA Softball approved ball for each game
  • All teams will hit their own game balls
  • An optic yellow 52COR 300 Compression 12" for men
  • An optic yellow 52COR 300 Compression 11" for women

Rosters:

  • Team rosters are due by the third game and will completed online
  • Instructions on roster submission can be found HERE
  • Teams may begin and finish with 9 players without a penalty
  • A team cannot play with fewer than 9 players
  • If a player is ejected, the team must have a replacement or a forfeit will be declared

Co-Ed Leagues:

  • If a team has only 9 players, the gender breakdown must be 5 and 4
  • A team's batting order will start with whichever gender has 5
  • For teams with 10 or more players, the team may bat an entire lineup with a minimum of 4 of one gender and 5 of the other
  • Teams will create two separate lineups (one of one gender and one of the other); the batting order will begin with the gender that has a greater number of players
  • Teams will alternate batting by gender adhering to the lineup created for each gender
  • If one gender has only 4 players, that team can only field 9 players on defense, but can still bat 10+ if the other gender has more than 5 players
    • This is allowed in league play, but not the Metro Tournament (see bulletin for details)

Courtesy Runners:

  • Any eligible player that may participate on offense ore defense and are on the official line-up (including available subs) may be used as a courtesy runner
  • A courtesy runner may be used at any time once per inning
  • If a team goes through the entire line-up, the same person may use another courtesy runner
  • In Co-Ed, the courtesy runner must be of the same gender and the team is allowed one per inning, per gender

Sunday Double Header Game Time:

  • 5pm for the entire season

Home Teams:

  • Home and away designations are listed on the league schedule

Weather Info:

  • Click HERE for gameday weather and game status updates AFTER 3:30pm

If you cannot make a game, please be courteous and notify the recreation office.