GAME LENGTH: No inning to start after 2 hrs. of play (Saturday Only)  Weekday games can last until dark with no time limit. 

RULES: Playing rules will follow Official Pony League rule books with the following exceptions or additions.

1. Home team will take infield first ten (10) minutes with visiting team following.  With less than 20 minutes before game time, teams will split infield time equally.  Games will start on time.

2. All players attending game will bat.  Players arriving after start of game will bat at end of line up.

3. Mandatory Play Rule:  No player will sit in the dugout consecutively more than one defensive inning.  Penalty: Manager ejected from game.

4. Slide rule in effect at 2^nd, 3^rd, and home plate, if in the opinion of the umpire there is a play.  i.e.: Ball and Player coming together.

5. Players must be instructed in proper handling of bat.  Thrown bat will result in: (1) warning (2) Batter being called out (3) Batter ejected from the game.  If ball has been hit into play, base runners may advance and ball is played as with normal ball in play.

6. Five (5) run rule.  Five run maximum in any one inning by the same team, except last inning of play.

7. Home team to keep official scorebook.

8. Batter must keep one foot in batter’s box between pitches.

9. Pitchers shall not pitch in more that four (4) innings a game and not exceed nine (9) innings in a calendar week.  Once a pitcher has been removed from the mound, that pitcher cannot return to the mound in same game.

10. No arguing with the umpire over judgment calls.  Protests of rule interpretations will be directed to the umpire-in-chief by the coach immediately following rule infraction, once time is called.  The coach must show the stated rule in the rule book with three minutes to the umpire-in-chief.  The umpire-in-chief will then render his decision.  All protests cease at this point.

11. Coaches will behave in a responsible manner and as a positive role model; no dissension towards umpires, opposing players, or spectators will be tolerated.  Coaches are responsible for the behavior of themselves, their players and their spectators.

12. Coach and Team Parent: Please have your players clean up around the dugouts and field after each game.

13. All players must be in full uniform while on the field during a game.

14. It is mandatory for all Managers and/or Coaches to be in full uniform while coaching.  If the Managers and/or Coaches are not in full uniform, the Managers and/or Coaches will not be permitted to participate in the game.  The Director on duty will enforce this house rule.

FINAL NOTE:

As a coach, you hold the future of these children and HYB in your hands.  We entrust our teams to your care.  HYB expects responsible leadership from our coaches, players and parents.  HYB along with Pony Baseball encourage all volunteers to refrain from the use of foul language, tobacco and alcohol while actively performing the responsibilities of a coach or volunteer.  No alcohol or tobacco is allowed at the HYB facilities, City Park, or West Valley High School. Thank you!