LBL Fall Rules
Coaches please read the rules carefully.
All divisions 9U-14U will follow USSSA rules with very few modifications.
The HS division will follow NFHS rules with a few modifications. Please e-mail with rule clarifications not listed.
LBL Fall Rule printable Document
2024 USSSA Rules
NFHS rules
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:
METAL CLEATS:
FIELD DIMENSIONS: Pitching/Bases
9U-10U division
11 & 12's division
13's division:
14 and HS Leauge:
BAT RESTRICTIONS:
9U-12U Divisions Wood Bat optional: All aluminum bats must be USSSA 1.15 stamped or be a wood bat
9U-12U: No drop restrictions
13U: Wood Bat or -8 aluminum
14U: Wood Bat or -5 aluminum
HS :Wood Bat or BBCOR
*composite wood bats are legal
GAME LENGTH:
9U-12U divisions:
13U-14U & HS division:
No new inning after the time limit. When time expires the home team may have the opportunity to bat if they are losing.
If the home team is winning they will not bat.
Regular season games may end in a tie. Tournament will use California rule.
COURTESY RUNNERS:
At any time the offensive team may use a courtesy runner for the pitcher and catcher. The courtesy runner must be a player not presently in the line-up. If no players not presently in the line-up are available, the courtesy runner shall be the player who made the last batted out.
PLAYER BASE COACH:
A player base coach (18 and under) is required to wear a batting helmet.
MERCY RULES:
BATTERS:
9U- 14U: Teams may bat a 9 player line-up, 10 player line-up using an Extra Hitter (EH) or continuous line up of all present, eligible, uniformed players. Line-up's must be declared before the start of the game and used the entire game.
If a team uses a line-up that contains substitute players: all starting players may be removed and re-enter the game once, but must re-enter in their original position in the batting order. Non-starters are not allowed to re-enter. When a starter re-enters, the player in the starter's batting position in the batting order must be removed from the game and is ineligible for the remainder of the game.
HS Division
PLAYERS:
A team may play an official game with an 8 player line-up.
An automatic out will be charged for the missing ninth player. See Expection(Injured Player)
A 9th player and all subsequent players may be added to the bottom of the batting line-up as soon as they become available.
ONLY PLAYERS LISTED ON THE OFFICIAL LBL ROSTER ARE ELIGIABLE TO PLAY.
INJURED PLAYER:
Injury Removal: If a player is forced to leave the game due to injury or illness, an automatic out will not be charged in the batting order.
If a player is removed from the game due to injury while the team is on offense, the player who made the last out shall be inserted as a courtesy runner.
With any injury that requires the removal of a player from a game, the player must have written permission from a parent (or legal guardian) to resume play.
PITCHING RESTRICTIONS:
9U - 12U.
Each pitcher may pitch a maximum of 6 innings per day.
Innings are counted by outs: 1 out= ⅓, 2 outs ⅔ & 3 outs 1 inning.
13U-14U & HS
Each pitcher may pitch a maximum of 7 innings per day.
Innings are counted by outs: 1 out= ⅓, 2 outs ⅔ & 3 outs 1 inning.
Balk Warnings:
9U-10U
11U-12U
13U-14U & HS.
INTENTIONAL WALK:
BASEBALLS:
LBL will supply 2 baseballs for each game.
All divisions will use an official baseball, no safety baseballs will be used
MAKE UPS
Games not able to be played on Saturday or Sunday not due to weather will be made up during the week.
Games canceld due to weather may be rescheduled during the week and if time allows… at the discretion of the director.
AVOID CONTACT:
Players will be encouraged to slide on close plays.
If there is, in the umpire's judgment, more than incidental physical contact on a play at a base, the runner will be declared out.
This is an "avoid contact rule", not a "must slide rule". If a runner elects not to slide, he/she may not initiate contact with a defensive player, including the catcher.
PRE-GAME WARM-UPS:
ALCOHOL/TOBACCO:
The use of ALCOHOL is NOT permitted at any of the City of Longmont facilities.
Tobacco or tobacco-like products within 250 feet of the dugout is prohibited for all players, coaches, spectators and team personnel (scorekeepers, attendants, etc.)
SUSPENSION/EJECTION POLICY:
The following league ejection and suspension policies will be in effect for all League games and Tournaments, including the End-of-Season Playoff:
Definition of terms:
Ejection: A penalty for un-sportsmanlike conduct or other violation penalized by ejection by an umpire or league official. An ejection is served during the game in which the ejection occurred.
Suspension: A penalty for un-sportsmanlike or other inappropriate conduct. The Longmont Baseball League governs suspensions. A suspension is additional punishment to an ejection. Refer to LBL General Rules (Sportsmanship/Misconduct/Ejections
A player, coach, or other person associated with a team may be suspended even if they haven’t been previously ejected.