Sissonville Little League Local League Rules
SISSONVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE ASSOCIATION
Local League Rules
As of Aug 20, 2004
The SLLA follows the rules as set forth in the Official Regulations and Playing Rules for the current year for each chartered division as well as the Little League Operating Manual for the current year.
SLLA has adopted Local League Rules (ref. Article XI, Section 3) that augment the Official Regulations and Playing Rules. These Local League Rules are mandatory during regular season, but are not applicable during post-season tournament play.
Managers and coaches (and parents and players) are responsible to know these Local League Rules as well as the Official Regulations and playing Rules. Conflicts with these local league rules must be brought to the SLLA Board of Directors for resolution.
1.0 GENERAL POLICY
1.1 No player shall be subjected to abusive language, harassment, severe or injurious discipline, anger of the coaches, teammates, etc.
1.2 Managers, coaches, parents, spectators, players, etc., shall not consume alcohol or tobacco products at any SLLA function.
1.3 No one may sit, stand, or otherwise hang out directly behind the home plate back stop areas of Field #1, #2 or the Big League field, except as authorized by the Board.
1.4 The following pre-game preparation and post-game repair activities must be done by Home team volunteers.
1.4.1 Prior to the start of the first game of the day removing debris and obstacles from the field, dragging the infield, raking around the bases, home plate, and pitchers mound, installing bases, and chalking the foul lines and batter boxes.
1.4.2 Abbreviated field prep will be done between back-to-back games.
1.4.3 After each game, the Home/Visitor teams shall pick up all trash in their dugout and surrounding areas.
1.4.4 Last game of day post game activities include: the Home team shall repair the infield and outfield, bases must be returned to equipment room, pick up all trash from field, dugouts, and spectator areas.
1.5 Should the SLLA be required to reduce teams (major, junior), all players be placed in a player pool and the selecting (drafting) start from scratch.
2.0 MANAGER AND COACHES
2.1 Manager positions are for one-year only. Having managed one year is not a guarantee of managing position the following year.
2.2 All Managers must be at least 18 years old.
2.3 No person shall manage more than one SLLA sports team during the SLLA regular season without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.
2.4 All managers, coaches, or their representatives should attend all coaching clinics, umpiring clinics, and meetings called by their Vice President.
2.5 Managers and coaches are to report all injuries occurring during practice or scheduled games to their Vice President.
2.6 A manager may request the release of a player who has missed three games or four practices without the proper excuse or who is otherwise disruptive. This request must be made through the Vice President. Proper excuse is: illness (personal or family), death in the family, vacation, school activities, club or religious activities. Definition of vacation is five days or longer.
2.7 In the event a player terminates playing on a team either though quitting or injury, the teams manager must notify, in writing, his/her Vice president within 48 hours. The Vice President must inform the Player Agent within 24 hours for appropriate action. Failure by the manager to advise the Vice President of a players continued absence should result in disciplinary action against the manager.
2.8 A manager must report to his vice President 24 hours in advance if a player is not to be played due to disciplinary action. The Vice President must approve of this action. A player so designated cannot be placed in the lineup of that particular game. The opposing manager is to be made aware of these conditions prior to the start of the game.
2.9 Each team must be represented at work parties. Failure to have a representative will result in an additional task, assigned by the Board of Directors, to be completed.
2.10 All managers shall be responsible to collect any uniforms and equipment that is the property of SLLA immediately following their teams last game of the season.
2.11 All managers shall be responsible for returning clean uniforms and equipment to the equipment manager at the assigned time.
3.0 SCHEDULING GAMES
3.1 Practices will be scheduled during the season on days when no games are scheduled. If a rainout or called game is subsequently scheduled on your practice date, your practice will be canceled and will not be rescheduled.
3.2 All weekday (Monday-Friday) games shall start at 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
When only one game is to be played the game may start at 7:00 PM.
3.3 All Saturday games shall have the following start times:
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
2:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
8:00 PM
3.4 The SLLA discourages scheduling games on Sunday and can be done so only with prior approval of the President or Boys/Girls Vice Presidents.
3.5 SLLA shall adhere to official Little League rules regarding night games under artificial lights. (Article X Night Games) No inning shall start after:
9:00 p.m. Tee Ball and minors
10:00 p.m. - Major Divisions
10:30 p.m. - Junior and Senior
11:00 p.m. - Big Leagues
3.6 Time limits on games shall only be imposed if there is another game (different teams not doubleheader) scheduled after the subject game. All teams shall also abide by the following rule:
3.6.1 When there is a following game, no new inning shall begin 1 hour 30 minutes after scheduled game start time and the game shall end no later than 1 hour 45 minutes (hard stop) after the scheduled start time. The final score will revert to the score at the end of the last completed inning.
4.0 RESCHEDULING GUIDELINES AND RAIN OUT PROCEDURES
4.1 Games may be declared either called or incomplete. Called games are those that did not start and incomplete or suspended games are those games that started but did not finish the minimum number of innings to be declared a regulation game.
4.2 Reasons for called and incomplete games are when a field is too wet to safely play, when there is insufficient light to safely play, or when a team does not have nine players.
4.3 Called games shall be rescheduled within 3 days of the original scheduled date. Every effort should be made to reschedule games in the same sequence they were originally scheduled (i.e., the first game called shall be the first game rescheduled).
4.4 If a league game is rained out or incomplete, the Home team or the SLLA Manager shall advise their Divisional (Boys or Girls) Vice President the night that the rainout or suspension occurs.
4.5 If the two teams in an incomplete game meet again during the season, the incomplete game shall be finished immediately prior to the start of their next scheduled game. If they do not meet again during the season, incomplete games shall be rescheduled in the same manner as a called game.
4.6 If rain outs are not made up due to unwillingness on one or both teams, member(s) may file a protest with the President or Boys/Girls Vice President within 7 days of the original scheduled game. Games not rescheduled on purpose, will be forfeited.
Forfeits are allowed for refusing to play. Reference Official Playing Rule: 4.15 through 4.18.
4.7 No team shall be required to play if:
One team or both teams will be scheduled to play 4 games in the week (Monday through Sunday).
One team or both teams will be scheduled to play 3 games on 3 successive days.
5.0 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
5.1 The SLLA Boys/Girls Vice President will be responsible for keeping the standings of all teams (including interlocking teams) during the regular season.
5.2 The final results will be used to rank the SLLA and interlocking teams for the league championships. SLLA managers are responsible for reporting the scores to the Boys/Girls Vice President.
5.3 League standings will be determined by the Won-Loss record of all teams in the league.
6.0 POST SEASON
6.1 The President shall select all all-star Managers. The President may select an All-Star committee which will aid in the selction review. The Selected Manager will need Board approval.
6.2 The approved All-Star Manager will select up to 2 coaches. The coaches will need President and Board approval.
6.3 Each respective Manager and Coach will vote on 10 players per there own Division. The top 10 vote getters will be submitted to the President for approval. In case of a tie, the players that are tied for any remaining slots will be revoted on once by the Managers and Coaches. The President will decide the remaining players if anymore ties occur. The All-Star Manager will select 2 additional players for the respective All-Star team.
6.4 If an 11 year old is selected for the 11 & 12 All-Star team, he/she must participate on that team and may not choose to play on the 11 year old team unless the President approves. He/she may not participate on both teams.