Stansbury Park Youth Baseball Association - (Stansbury Park, UT)

A team must have 8 players to start a game. If a player is injured or must leave the game for any reason, the team may continue to play with 7 players.
A team must have 8 players within 10 minutes of the scheduled start time, or the game will be a forfeit.
If one or more players must leave during the game, they will be scratched from the line-up. The game will continue if you have at least 7 players. If a team does not have 7 players, the game must be considered a forfeit.

A team that does not have nine available players will be required to take an automatic out for every missing player up to nine players while batting.

There is a must slide rule or avoid contact rule. If there is a play at second, third, or home, the runner must slide to avoid contact. The must slide rule does not apply to first base.
If it is a tie game and there is not another game scheduled on the field after your game, then you will continue to play up to 7 innings. If there is no winner determined after 7 innings, the game will remain a tie. If there is a second game scheduled on your field and you have exceeded the time limit, the game will remain a tie.

A tie game will count as a half win and half loss for the purpose of the season records.

When two games are scheduled back-to-back on the same field, the official start time for the first game will be the scheduled start time and not the actual start time.
If the time limit has expired, the game will be considered a complete game regardless of the number of innings played.
If the umpire is late, it is the responsibility of the home team coach to get the game started.
It is the responsibility of the home team to prepare the field, provide the official scorekeeper, and score the game live in the Game Changer app.
Only players and coaches may be on the playing field or in the dugout. When a team is at bat, all the team members must remain in the dugout unless they are batting or on deck. All offensive players must be wearing a batting helmet if on the field playing.
Each team will be assigned an official Game Changer account.

Home teams are required to provide a scorekeeper for each game.
Failure by the home team to provide an official scorer will result in a forfeit.

All protests and appeals will follow the Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth League official rules. The Board of Directors decision will be final.
All catchers, regardless of age division, must wear catchers gear including a protective cup.

Players must be 7 or 8 years old as of April 30th of the playing season.
- Fall seasons will use the upcoming or next year age groups.
Score will be kept.
There will be unlimited defensive substitutions, but no player may sit more than one (1) consecutive inning.
All players will bat in the lineup.
All games will be machine pitch only. The distance is 36’. Regular baseball rules for outs apply.
The umpire will feed the machine and call the game.
- In the event no umpire is present, a coach from each team will feed the machine and call the game when their team is up to bat.
Each batter receives a maximum of 5 pitches. If the ball has not been hit into fair territory, the batter is out.
- Additional pitches are allowed if the umpire calls a no pitch.
- Batters may not “walk.”
3 outs or 7 runs complete a half inning.
Stealing is not allowed.
No new inning shall begin after 1:15 (an hour and 15 mins).
- Fall season: To accommodate remaining daylight, the first game will have a drop-dead time of 1:30 minutes (6:30pm).
All fielders must play at normal playing depth. 10 Fielders total.
- A fourth outfielder may be placed in the field defensively.
- Only one player placed on either side of the pitching machine assuming the defensive position of the pitcher.
- The catcher takes his normal position.
Base runners shall not leave their bases until the ball has been hit into play by the batter.