Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association General Rules

Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association General Rules 2022 Season

• All SASA League games start at 6:45. Home team has 3^rd base dugout or bench.

• Home team will take FIRST - 5 minute warm up, which MUST begin 20 minutes prior to scheduled game time. No outfield warmup is allowed at GHP or BVI

• Second games of double headers at GHP and BVI start 15 MINUTES after completion of first game, regardless of the time. Please be ready to play. (8:15pm earliest). Men’s Team must be ready for possible 2^nd game start at 8:15 pm-Games can start with 8 players and add players as the game progresses, if you start the game with 9 you have to complete the game with 9

• Ladies Division Double headers are schedules to start at 6;30 pm. The first game of the double header will be 5 innings and the second game of the double header will be a minimum of 5 innings and a maximum of 7 innings. The overall goal is first game 5 innings, 2^nd game 7 innings

• One inning maximum after 20 runs total have been scored. This means. If the team’s total runs are 20 or more after any inning, then the next inning will be the last inning played.

• Please cooperate by showing hustle at all parks and all games.

• Throwing helmets or bats may result in immediate ejection and be subject to an automatic 1 game suspension

• Foul language will not be tolerated at any time by the league or the umpires and may result in a game ejection and will be subject to an automatic 1 game suspension.

• City of Saskatoon Bylaw - Absolutely no smoking at any Softball Facilities, grounds, stands, dugouts.

• An ejection from a game results in an automatic 1 game suspension for the following game. Suspended person is not allowed to be in any capacity at the ball park while serving the suspension. The coaching staff of the team will be notified via email of all Suspensions.

• COURTESY RUNNER: CAN be used for the catcher when there are two outs in the inning, and the catcher is on base. The courtesy runner will be the player who most recently preceded the catcher and is available to take over the catcher’s position on base. Example - if the catcher is in the 6^th position and the person in the 5^th spot went out OR already scored, he/she would be the courtesy runner. If that person was on base, the person in the 4^th spot would be the runner etc. This does not necessarily mean the 2^nd last out

• All teams must be dressed in matching uniforms with full uniform numbers & matching hats

• Borrowing of players is allowed providing they are affiliated with Softball Saskatchewan.

A player cannot be picked up more than 3 times for all teams. (This rule came into play from our previous rules because we now have cross-over divisions. See example

 i.e. let’s say Bob/Jennie gets picked up by teamA for one game then by team B for a game and then team A again for another game. HE/SHE has now been used 3 times and can no longer be picked up to play for any other team.

• Winning team in Women’s divisions is responsible to deliver the game sheet to the announcer’s booth at Bob Van Impe Stadium. Please ensure all information is included - winning and losing pitchers, home runs - on the front of the sheet. LEGIBLE NAMES- Ladies Division games at Glen Reeve Diamonds, please take your game sheet to Bob Van Impe Stadium (Announcers Booth)

• Game tied after 7 innings ,1 extra inning with international tiebreaker rule in effect. Games after 8 innings shall remain tied.  This rule comes into play IF only 20 or more runs have not been scored before the 7^th ( i.e the 2 teams have scored 20 runs in the 6^th and our tied after 7^th thene game stays tied and no 8^th inning is played.)

• Remember to let us know by June 30^th 2022 if your team will not be competing in the playoffs. Your Division Coordinator will be contacting all teams via email to confirm your participation within the SASA League Playoffs, Men’s Teams please forward an email to Brooks Penrod brookspenrod@gmail.com , Women’s teams please forward an email to Lawrence Beatty ljbeatty@shaw.ca

• Within the Women’s Divisions, the Home Team is responsible to supply a Scoresheet and scorekeeper. and ensure the scores are called in or scoresheets dropped off at BVI Scorekeepers booth. Each team to supply 2 new balls per game and 2 used balls. All teams are supplied with SASA Lineup cards & score sheets, 24 new game balls for the season

• Game Protests - Policy is for any reason you are protesting a game; the Umpires be notified prior to the completion of the game; the protest must be then forwarded via email to the Protest Committee Chairperson within 8 hours of the game completion. The protest must be in written form only. The Chairperson of the Protest Committee will then initiate the process. Please forward the documented protest to Chairperson Lawrence Brooks Penrod -306 280 5229 - brookspenrod@gmail.com

• No player can participate in any SASA League, Playoff or Exhibition game without listing on the SASA Team Roster. The addition of players on rosters will be communicated to the SASA Communications Officer 72 hours prior to the game this player will participate in. The SASA League has requested that all teams register (17 players & 3 Coaches) there teams electronically and forward no later than Saturday, May 1^st 2022 at 6 pm. Please utilize the Electronic League Roster document that is located within the SASA Website. For additional team registration inquiries please contact Mark Loehndorf mloehndorf@shaw.ca

• . The League final roster must be finalized by June 1^st 2022

• No players are allowed to register after the June 1^st 2022 date unless authorized by Softball Saskatchewan

DEFAULTS: First game will result in $300.00 of the performance bond being removed and the       2^nd game defaulted will result in the remaining $150.00 bond being removed. The team would then be required to pay an additional $450.00 Bond immediately and be under review for league participation for the remainder of the Season-League Policy there are no defaults!!

• Each league has a coordinator who is willing to assist in getting games switched etc. if a team requires a specific date off. Any switching of games will be in communication with the registrar and League Coordinator 10 daysprior to the original scheduled game

League Registrar - Bobbi Ryan 306 8804807   bobbiryan@gmail.com

Men’s Division -Brooks Penrod -306 280 5229 - Brooks.Penrod@gmail.com

Ladies Division -Lawrence Beatty - 306 229 2042 - ljbeatty@shaw.ca

Bob Van Impe Stadium Call in Number 244-9661

All teams will receive a text message by 515 pm daily to announce any game cancellations

Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association Diamonds information:

Glen Reeve #3 -1333 Avenue P South

Glen Reeve #4 -1414 Avenue U South

Glen Reeve #5 -1404 Avenue U South

Glen Reeve #6-1212 Avenue U South

Glen Reeve#7-1202 Avenue U South

Glen Reeve#8-1747 Dudley Street

Bob Van Impe Stadium - BVI   1323 Avenue P South

Joe Gallagher Field - GHP 1535 Avenue P South