BPA Rulebook

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Baseball Players Association Official Baseball Rules Editor Baseball– Don Players Snopek Association / BPA National Office Official Baseball Rules Editor – Don Snopek / BPA National Office Table of Contents RULE TableDESCRIPTION of Contents PAGES Rule RULE 1 DefinitiDESCRIPTIONons of Terms 1PAGES-‐10 Rule Rule 1 2 Playing Definitions Field of Terms 101-10-‐13 Rule Rule 2 3 Equipment Playing Field 1310-‐-2013 Rule Rule 3 4 Coach/Player/Equipment 2013--‐2720 Rule 4 SubstitutionCoach/Player/ 20-27 Rule 5 The Substitution Game 27-‐38 Rule 5 The Game 27-38 Rule 6 Pitching 39-‐46 Rule 6 Pitching 39-46 Rule 7 Batting 47-‐54 Rule 7 Batting 47-54 Rule 8 Baserunning 54-‐65 Rule 8 Baserunning 54-65 Rule 9 Dead Ball/Ball in Play 65-‐67 Rule 9 Dead Ball/Ball in Play 65-67 Rule 10 Machine/Coach Pitch 68-‐77 Rule 10 TBallMachine /Coach Pitch 68 -77 TBall Rule 1 1 Umpires 77-‐82 Rule 11 Umpires 77-82 Rule 2 1 Protests 83-‐84 Rule 12 Protests 83-84 BPA Code of Ethics 85 BPA Code of Ethics 85 CopyrightCopyright 12 / 20172017 , A All ll rights Rightsr eserved. 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Any Any reproduction reproduction or copy or of copy this Rule of this Rulebookbook, , without without the the express express written written consent consent of the of Baseball the Players Baseball Association Players is prohibited Association is prohibited For more information on BPA, please go to www.PlayBPA.com BPA BASEBALL INDEX OF RULES PAGE RULE SECTION DEFINITIONS 1-10 1 PLAYING FIELD 10-13 2 1-11 Playing Area 10 2 1 Field Layout 10 2 2 *Diagram Field Distances 11 2 3, Note, Note Backstop Distance 11 2 4 Infield Area 11 2 5 (a-e) Catcher’s Box 11 2 6 *Diagram Batter’s Box 11 2 6 *Diagram Coaches Box 11 2 6 *Diagram On-Deck Box 11 2 6 *Diagram Three Foot Line 11 2 6 *Diagram Foul Lines 11 2 7 Home Plate Dimensions 12 2 8 (a-b) *Diagram Pitcher’s Plate 12 2 9 *Diagram Baseline Distances 12 2 10(a) Pitching Distances 13 2 10(b) Playing Field Protests 13 2 11, Note EQUIPMENT 13-20 3 1-16 Jewelry 14 3 1(a-d), Penalty Official Ball 14 3 2 Official Bat 14-15 3 3, Notes Laminated Bats 15 3 4, Note PAGE RULE SECTION Cupped/Broken/Crack Bats 15 3 5 Bat Handle 15 3 6, Penalties Batter’s Circle 16 3 7 Coaches Equipment 16 3 8, Exception Uniform 16-17 3 9(a-d), Note Baseball Shoes 17 3 10(a-b), Penalty Fielder’s Gloves 17 3 11 Catcher’s Glove 17 3 12(a-d) Pitcher’s Glove 18 3 13(a-d) Batting Helmet 18 3 14(a-b), Penalty Catcher’s Equipment 19 3 15(a-b), Notes Blood Rule 19-20 3 16(a-c) PLAYERS/SUBSTITUTE 20-27 4 1-19 Number Adult Coaches 20 4 1 BPA Baseball Behavioral 20 4 2(a), Effect Age Eligibility Roster 20-21 4 3(a-i) Team Roster’s Req. 21-22 4 4(a-h) Player Addition 22 4 5 Player on One Team 22 4 6(a) Player Transfer 22 4 7 Eligibility Changes 22 4 8(a-d) Team Classification 23 4 9(a-c), Notes Batting Order/D.H./E.P. 23 4 10(a-e), Note Late Arrival 23 4 11, Exception Automatic Out 23-24 4 12, Notes Designated Hitter Rule 24-25 4 13(a-g) Extra Player Rule (EP) 25 4 14(a-f), Note Re-Entry 25 4 15 Re-Entry Violation 25 4 15(a-b) Courtesy Runner 25-26 4 16(a-d), Penalty Illegal Substitute 26 4 17(a-d), Note Ineligible Player 26-27 4 18(a-e), Penalty Insurance 27 4 19, Note PAGE RULE SECTION THE GAME 27-38 5 1-41 Alcohol/Tobacco 27 5 Penalty Time Limit 27-28 5 1(a-c), Note Game Length 28 5 2(a-j) Exception/Run Rule 28 5 2, Exception Post Season Play 28 5 3 Game Stopped 28 5 4(a-e) Game Interruption 28 5 5 Game not Completed 29 5 6, Note Forfeit Game/physically 29 5 7 Forfeit Game/reasons 29-30 5 8(a-h) Player Rosters 30 5 9(a-c) Batting Choice 30 5 10 Game Winner 30 5 11 Batting Orders 30-31 5 12(a-d) Defensive Positions 31 5 13 Players/Stationed 31 5 14(a-d) Follow Batting Order 31 5 15, Note Offensive Coaches 31-32 5 16(a-c), Penalty 16 Exception Conference/Offense 32 5 17, Note, Penalty Coach Allowed on Field 32 5 18 Player/Coach Limitations 32 5 19(a-c), Penalty Manager/Coach Ejected 32-33 5 20 Runs Scored 33 5 21, Exception Winning Run/Game Ended 33 5 22, Penalty Regulation Game 33 5 23(a-b) Score Tied 34 5 23(c-d) International Tie Breaker 34 5 23(d) Game Called 34 5 24(a-c) Official Game/Called 34 5 25 Score of a Regulation Game 34-35 5 26(a-c) Run Not Scored/3rd Out 35 5 27(a-c) Succeeding Runner Shall Score 35 5 28 Preceding Runner Not Score 35 5 29 PAGE RULE SECTION Ball Alive/Ball Dead 35 5 30 Dead Ball/Player Put Out 35 5 31, Exception Run Scored Pitcher Delivery 35 5 32 Offense Objective 36 5 33 Defensive Objective 36 5 34 Batter Scores a Run 36 5 35 Offensive/Defensive 36 5 36 Changes Thrown/Pitched Ball Hits 36 5 37 Coach/Umpire Dead Ball/Runners 36-37 5 38(a-h) Advance/Return f(1-3), Exception g(1-4), Exception Dead Ball/Umpire Call 37-38 5 39(a-g) Time Dead Ball/Play Resumed 38 5 40 Tournament Changes 38 5 41 Amplified Sound/ Electronic Devices 38 5 42 PITCHING 39-46 6 1-16 Legal Pitching Positions 39 6 1(a-c) Wind-up Position 39 6 2(a-e) Wind-up Position/Legal 39 6 3(a-b), Note Set Position 40-41 6 4(a-j), Note Pitcher Limits 41-42 6 5(a-g), Penalty Rosin Bag 42 6 6(a-e) Intentionally Hit Batter 42 6 7(a-b) Warm-Up Pitches 42-43 6 8(a-b) Courtesy Runner 43 6 9(a-d), Penalty Intentional Walk 43-44 6 10 Mound Conference/Time 44 6 11, Penalty Coaches Visit 44 6 12(a-d) Pitcher Delivery Time 44 6 13, Penalty Pitcher Balk 44-45 6 14(a-l), Note PAGE RULE SECTION Pitcher Re-Entry 46 6 15(a-c) Tournament Pitching 46 6 16(a-d) Pitching Penalties 46 6 16, Penalty BATTING 47-54 7 1-14 Batting Order 47 7 1, Note First Batter of Inning 47 7 2 Batter Position/Time 47 7 3, Penalty Batter Leaving Position 48 7 4(a-d) Batter’s Legal Position 48 7 5, Note At Bat/Legally Completed 48 7 6 Batter is Out 48-50 7 7(a-r), Penalty Batter is Out/Illegal Action 50-51 7 8(a-f), Penalty Batting Out of Turn 51 7 9(a-d), Note Batter Becomes Runner/ 52-53 7 10(a-d), Note Without Liability Put Out Batter Become Runner 53 7 11(a-g) Team Interference/ 54 7 12, Penalty Physically/Vocally Illegal Glove 54 7 13, Penalty On-Deck Batter 54 7 14(a-d) BASE RUNNING 54-65 8 1-16 Acquires Base 54 8 1 Runner Advancing 55 8 2 Two Runners on a Base 55 8 3 Advance Without 55-56 8 4(a-d) Note Liability to be Put Out Runners/Including Batter/ 56-57 8 5(a-i), Note Advance Without Liability To Be Put Out Obstruction 58 8 6(a-d) Third Base/Catcher 58-59 8 7 Fielder Interference 59-61 8 8(a-m), Note Runner is Out Batter/Runner Interference 61-63 8 9(a-n) Note, Penalty PAGE RULE SECTION Runner Called Out on Appeal 63-64 8 10(a-k) Interference/Offensive Team 64 8 11, Penalty Runner/Failure to Touch/ 65 8 12, Note Retouch Base Intentional Walk by Coach 65 8 13 Slide/Attempt/Around 65 8 14, Penalty Fake Tag 65 8 15, Note Leading Off/Stealing 65 8 16 DEAD BALL/BALL IN PLAY 65-67 9 1-2 Ball Dead/Not in Play 65-67 9 1(a-t) Ball in Play 67 9 2(a-s) MACHINE PITCH/COACH PITCH/T-BALL 68-77 10 1-4 Machine Pitch 68-71 10 1(a-y) Coach Pitch 71-75 10 2(a-y) T-Ball Rules 75-77 10 3(a-p) Tournament Changes 77 10 4 UMPIRES 77-82 11 1-25 Failure No Protest 77 11 Note Power and Duties 77 11 1 Rules Enforcement 77 11 2, Note Team Member 77 11 3 Uniform 77-78 11 4(1-12), Note Not Wear Uniform/Game 78 11 5 Inspect Playing Field 79 11 6 Power Making Decisions 79 11 7 Authority over other 79 11 8 Umpires Consult with Partner 79 11 9 Disqualify Player 79 11 10, Note Eject from Playing Field 79 11 11(a-b) Umpire Authority/Equal 79 11 12(a-c), Note Umpire Replacement 80 11 13 PAGE RULE SECTION One Umpire/Duties 80 11 14 Decision is Appeal 80 11 15, Note Plate Umpire Duties 80 11 16(a-i) Field Umpire Duties 81 11 17(a-c) Conflicting Decisions 81 11 18, Note Suspension of Play 81 11 19(a-e) Unsportsmanlike Conduct 82 11 20 Penalty for Player 82 11 20(a-b) Violations Argue Ball and Strikes 82 11 21 Reporting Any Problems 82 11 22 Disqualified/Flagrant 82 11 23 Offense Disqualified/Umpire’s 82 11 24 Report PROTESTS 83-84 12 1-7 Involving Judgment 83 12 1(a-k) Types of Protest 83 12 2(a-c) Interpretation of Rule 83 12 3 Notification of Protest 83 12 4, Exception Official Protest/Time-Fee 83-84 12 5(a-c), Note Formal Written Request 84 12 6(a-e) Decision on Protest 84 12 7(a-c) BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION NOTE: Any rule not covered in the Baseball Players Association Rule Book will be covered in the National Federation of High School Rule Book.

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