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16U RULES
16.1 - TEAM ROSTER Each team is limited to twenty (20) players whose baseball age is sixteen (16) or under. A player may not be less than fourteen (14).
16.2 - REGULATION GAME A regulation game is seven (7) innings, unless lengthened by a tie score or shortened because the umpire calls the game. The time limit is two hours. If there is a difference in the score of eight or more runs after one hour thirty minutes or five innings, whichever come first, the umpire is authorized to call the game when the inning in progress has been completed to a point at which the eight run difference could not be reduced. If a game is called for any reason other than the eight run mercy rule or the time limit, it is a complete game if the losing team has completed its turn at bat in the fourth inning. The HOME team will keep the “official score-sheet” and call in the score of the game to the B.B.I. office before 10:00 a.m. the next day.
16.3 - PITCHING RULE a) A player shall not pitch on three consecutive calendar dates. (A game will be considered as having been played entirely on the date on which it began.) b) If a player pitches on two (2) consecutive days or in both games of a double header, he shall not pitch more than a total of seven (7) innings. c) A player may not pitch more than twelve (12) innings in any single game or in any one calendar week, which begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. d) If a pitcher is replaced on the mound by another pitcher, he may not return to the mound in that game. e) If a violation of the pitching rule is brought to the attention of the Commissioners as evidence by the official score-sheet, the player involved will be considered as an ineligible player and the game will be forfeited. No violation will be considered as having occurred if a pitching limit is exceeded only as a result of a double-play or triple-play. (No violation will be considered after league trophies are presented.
16.4 - DESIGNATED HITTER A hitter may (it is not mandatory) be designated for any one starting player (not just pitchers) and all substitutes for that player in the game. A designated hitter for said player must be selected prior to the start of the game, and his name must be included on the line-up cards presented to the umpire-in-chief and to the official scorer. It is not mandatory that a team use a designated hitter, but failure to declare such a hitter prior to the game precludes the use of a designated hitter in that game. The designated hitter may re-enter as any other player under the re-entry rule. A starting player for whom the designated hitter bats may pinch hit or pinch run for the designated hitter but if this happens, it shall terminate the designated hitter role for the remainder of the game. The designated hitter may be used defensively, but must continue to bat in the same position in the batting order as determined prior to the game. Once a designated hitter assumes a defensive position, this move shall terminate the designated hitter role for the remainder of the game. A designated hitter is "locked" into the batting order. Never can the DH or the defensive player whom he is locked in with be in the ball game at the same time. No multiple substitutions may be made that will alter the batting rotation of the designated hitter.
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