Softball Central

To sign up for the 2006 Summer Softball Leagues just send a deposit of $200.00 to Softball Central. Please include your name, address, phone number, which night you want to play, and men, women, or coed. To insure your spot is reserved from last year send in your deposit by January 31. The league meetings will be held at Softball Central at 7:00 p.m. March 14th for all leagues. The league tournament will be March 31 April 1,2, and entry fee is $50.00. This is for coed and men. There will be State tournaments held at Softball Central this year. There will be many tournaments this year including NSA qualifiers. NSA rules will be used for league play.

The summer softball season will start the week of April 3rd. Every team will play 14 regular season games. First 8 teams make the play offs. You can play as many as 3 play off games.

Softball Central Entry fee and expenses for the 2006 summer season
Entry fee and NSA registration fee $440.00
Forfeit fee $30.00 refunded at the end of the season if there are no forfeits
Umpire fees per game ($15.00x14) $210.00 regular season
Softball Balls $35.00 home team 7 times
Total $715.00
The top 8 teams in a league will make the playoffs. In the playoffs your team would play at least one game and could play 3 games. Your team will have to pay the umpire fees for these games.

Entry fee of $440.00 forfeit fee of $30.00 and $35.00 softball fee must be paid before you play your first game.

To print a copy of the registration form, click here.

LEAGUE RULES

1. The entry fee for this league will be $330.00 and a $30.00 forfeit fee (forfeit fee refunded if no forfeits). Balls are included. All fees $360.00 must be paid before your first game. This will be 10 game season. 2 rainouts guaranteed. Each team will pay 1 umpire $15.00 before each game when 2 umpires are working, and $11.00 when 1 umpire is working. Game ball for women is an 11” optic yellow ball (co-ed go to H below) and for men a Decker optic yellow 44 COR 400 compression ball (no other balls may be used). Balls will be sold at the concession stand for $5.00. The umpire will put a new ball in the game. After the game that ball belongs to the home team. The home team will supply all the good used balls (Decker optic yellow 44 COR 400 compression ball) needed for that game. Except when a team hits a home run. The team who hits the HR replaces that ball before the next pitch.

2. Any team forfeiting two (2) regularly scheduled games may be dropped from the league permanently, and will not receive any part of its entry fee or forfeit fee back or be eligible for playoffs.

3. The Official 2005 NSA rules will be used with the following exceptions:

a. Non-official rain-interrupted games will be replayed from the last completed 1/2 inning and you can start batting from any spot in your lineup.

b. A run rule and the time limit will apply for all games, including playoffs: 18 after 3, 15 after 4, and 12 after 5.

c. A team must have 8 players to start and continue and finish a game. If a team starts with 8 players that team can add players at any time. The new player will bat last in the batting order. When playing with 8 there is 1 automatic out.

d. If a team does not have 8 players to start the game, that team may use non-roster players (to get to 9 players) only if the opposing team agrees. You cannot use non-roster players to get to 10 or more even if both teams agree. If a team plays a non-roster player without the permission of the opposing team, the game will be forfeited. Rosters are filled out before you play your first game.

E A team may use unlimited batters in a game. Remember if a player gets hurt and has to come out of the game and you have no sub, that spot in the batting order will be passed over and will result in an automatic out. If you take batters out of your batting line up the vacated spots in the line up will be an automatic out.

f. Eligibility protests may be made any time before the final out of the game.

g. Co-ed: There must be at least 5 females playing in a lineup of 9 or 10.

h. Co-ed: The Decker 12 inch ball will be hit when men bat and a 11 inch ball will be hit by the female batters. Male/female must alternate in the batting order with no restriction to the leadoff hatter. On defense 2 girls must play infield and 2 girls in the outfield. Male female pitcher catcher. 3 and 1 up over the fence home runs.

i. Home team will be the scorekeeper and will report the score to the home plate umpire who is the official scorekeeper.

j. The arch limit is 6 to 10 feet from the ground.

k. NSA bat list. Bats with unreadable manufacturer markings are not allowed. If a player comes up to bat with an illegal bat and is ready for the pitch, the bat and the player are ejected from that game and the next game. The bat list is on the web site. If a bat is not on this list it is not legal. No steel spikes.

L. Home run limit. Monday men 2 and 1 up. Tuesday Classic 5 then out. Tuesday North 3 and 1 up. Wednesday men 1 & 1 up. Wednesday coed 3 and 1 up. Thursday South 3 and 1 up. Thursday North 1 then out. Friday men 3 and 1 up. Friday coed 3 and 1 up.

m. There is no batters box. The batter will be called out for stepping on or across home plate while the ball is in contact with the bat, but not for stepping in front of or behind home plate.

n. Game time The clock will start at the scheduled game time, and the team who is not ready will lose 3 outs. After 5 minutes have passed the late team will lose another 3 outs. After 10 minutes have passed the late team will lose another 3 outs. After 15 minutes the game is forfeited.

o. There is a 55-minute time limit on all games except for the last night of playoffs. The game clock will start at the scheduled time when games are on time. When a game is going to start after the scheduled time the game clock will be set at 60 minutes as soon as the last out of the previous game is made. You can start your game as soon as both teams are ready. Official clock is the umpire’s clock. No infield or pitching practice after the first inning.

p. If the score is tied and there is no time on the clock and a new inning starts the count on the batter is 2 strikes and 2 balls.

4. Due to both safety features and insurance purposes no food or beverages are allowed to be brought on Softball Central property. No food or drink including bottled water, soda, Gatorade, burgers, chips, are to be brought on Softball Central property. If you can eat or drink it don’t bring it.

5. Official league rosters must be turned in before the first game. The official roster is the insurance waver. To add players to your team roster they must come to the concession stand and sign a roster sheet and it will be put into your file. The roster must be signed by every team member including coaches score keepers (not someone signing for them) if not that player is not a legal player. Rosters will be frozen after the 6th game of the season and no player shall be added after that date. Players can only be on one roster per league. If a player appears on two rosters, the player is legal on the roster which has the earliest date on it. Minimum age for players is 18.

6. Any abusive conduct, including language, or throwing a bat on or off the field will not be tolerated. The team coach/manager is responsible for their player’s actions while at Softball Central. This means if a player gets out of hand the manage needs to get that player under control if not and that player gets ejected from the game the coach may also be ejected. When a player or manager is ejected from a game, said player will be suspended for the remainder of that game and suspended for 1 additional game. If after this ejection said player is still causing a nuisance and has to be approached by an official, said player and the manager will be suspended for 2 additional games and will be asked to leave the property.

7. Notification of intent to protest must be made by a team representative to plate umpire before the next pitch. A formal written protest must be turned into the concession stand with $30.00 not more than 48 hours after the incident. The league directors will review the protest in a timely manner. The protest fee will be returned if the protest is upheld. If you have any other suggestions or comments talk to Bill or Michelle they are here to help you and Softball Central.

8. No player will be allowed to play with an open wound or blood on his or her uniform.

9. Every player and team is urged to buy their own insurance.

10.In case of rain or inclement weather, league officials will decide at 5:00 whether or not to play the 6:30 games and will decide at 6:00 whether or not to play the 7:30 8:30 and 9:30 games. Managers and players are urged not to call the park office until after 5:00 p.m. Rainout info go to www.softballcentraltroy.com The phone number is 667 2250. There will be a recording if the games are rained out. It is the responsibility of the manager to find out if the game is rained out and when the game has been rescheduled.

Read the rule book. Know the rules before you have a discussion with the umpire. Remember the umpires are human. People like to blame the umpire for their own or their team’s weaknesses. Comments like: That one call in the 4th inning beat us. What should be said is if I could have gotten that hit in the 2nd inning of if my team mate would have gotten a hit in the 6th inning or your team mate would not have made that error or those 3 or 4 or 5 errors. Remember the umpire does not swing your bat or catch with your glove.

DON'T COMPLAIN IMPROVE YOUR GAME

To print a copy of the registration form, click here.