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SOFTBALL

SPORT RULES

Coaches Privileges................................................................................................................................................. 18
8. TEAM & UNIFIED TEAM SLOW PITCH COMPETITION ................................................................................................... 19
Choice of Turn at Bat ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Fitness of Ground .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Regulation Game ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Winner of Game ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Run Ahead Rule ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Tie-Breaker .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Scoring of Runs ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Charged Conferences ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Home Run Rule (Unified) ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Time Limit Rule ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
9. PITCHING REGULATIONS...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Preliminaries ........................................................................................................................................................... 22
Starting the Pitch................................................................................................................................................... 22
Legal Delivery ......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Defensive Positioning .......................................................................................................................................... 23
Foreign Substance ................................................................................................................................................. 23
The Catcher ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Quick Return Pitch ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Intentional Base on Balls ..................................................................................................................................... 24
Warm-Up Pitches ................................................................................................................................................... 24
No Pitch .................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Illegal Pitcher .......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Non-charged Pitching Conference .................................................................................................................... 25
10. BATTING ................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
The On-Deck Batter .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Batting Order ......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Batting Position ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
A Strike is Called by the Umpire ........................................................................................................................ 27
A Ball is Called by the Umpire ............................................................................................................................ 28
The Batter is Out ................................................................................................................................................... 28
11. BATTER-RUNNER & RUNNER .............................................................................................................................................. 29
The Batter becomes A Batter-Runner .............................................................................................................. 29
Batter-Runner is Out ............................................................................................................................................ 31
The Batter-Runner is Out .................................................................................................................................... 33
Touching Bases in Legal Order ........................................................................................................................... 33
Runners are entitled to advance with liability to be put out ..................................................................... 34
A Runner Forfeits His Exemption From Liability to be Put Out ................................................................. 34
Runners are Entitled to Advance Without Liability to be Put Out ............................................................ 34
A Runner Must Return to His Base .................................................................................................................... 37
The Runner is Out .................................................................................................................................................. 37
The Runner is Not Out .......................................................................................................................................... 40
Courtesy Runner .................................................................................................................................................... 42
Baserunner’s (Second) Home Plate .................................................................................................................. 42
12. DEAD BALL, BALL IN PLAY ................................................................................................................................................... 42
The Ball is Dead ...................................................................................................................................................... 42
The Ball is in Play ................................................................................................................................................... 43
Delayed Dead Ball ................................................................................................................................................. 44
13. UMPIRES ................................................................................................................................................................................... 45

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