Rainout No.: 1-330-463-7088 Cleveland Baseball Federation
2009 Class Big “F” Baseball Modifications
No grace time for games No grace time is allowed for scheduled games. If a team forfeits but still shows, an exhibition game will be played. It must stay within time limits - Big “F” will play four (4) innings or one hour and thirty minutes. Team that forfeits may use players from the opposing team.
Special Note: A team arriving with less than eight (8) players will use players from the opposing team in order to play a (4) inning game.
Squad size Fifteen (15) players. Team may add players until July 2ND.
Team size (9) are in the field for defense. Team must have eight (8) players to play the game.
Pre-game procedure Contract line–up check – Team’s contract cards must be available at game time.
Length of game Six (6) innings or can not start the next inning after 1 hour and 50 minutes
Due to the City of Cleveland time restrictions, all games must end at the required regulation time. Teams will be given two (2) points for victories, one (1) point for tie games, and zero (0) for loses.
Distances: Bases 80 feet Pitching rubber 60’ 6”
Pitchers Pitcher is allowed to pitch five (5) innings in regulation. No pitching restrictions in extra inning games.
Intentional walks Thrown pitches are not required. (Manager tells the umpire ‘We are walking him”)
Mandatory Play rule Players not in the starting line-up must still bat once and play defense in the field for (1) complete inning. (3 consecutive outs)
Player re-entry: Starters may be substituted for, then re-enter only if they bat in the same spot in the batting order. Substitutes may re-enter only to play defense once they are replaced.
Ejected player Any player ejected from a game must sit out the next game played. The team will receive an out when the player is scheduled to bat. You must have 8 players to play.
Emergency Player re-entry Any player may re-enter if a team has a player that leaves the game for any
reason other than ejection. This rule is used when all substitutes have been put in
the game and an injury or emergency occurs for the player to leave.
Run Slaughter rule Through four (4) innings, once a team has scored five (5) runs, the inning is
complete. If additional runs scored in the process of the fifth being scored those
runs will count. Run Spread and Mercy Rule – Run spread ten (10) runs after five
(5) innings. The losing team must bat equal number of times.
Courtesy runner If the catcher gets on base, the batting team may have another player run for him.
This will not be classified as an “official substitute”.
Based on performance score Coach may call a conference with the umpires, opposing coach and monitor and request to call the game. (to avoid embarrassment of players)
Properly equipped: Players must wear batting helmets when at bat, in the batting circle, on base, and when coaching a base.
Catcher’s equipment Catchers must wear a mask with helmet attached plus a throat guard and a protective cup whenever catching or warming up the pitcher.
Baseball Bats regulations Bats cannot exceed 34” in length 2 5/8” in diameter. – 5 bat is the maximum difference permitted in the Big F league. Difference is the length minus weight.