MIGHTY MITE LEAGUE (T-BALL)
Ages 3.5 to 4 years old
50* bases, 35* pitching rubber
Reduced injury baseballs shall be utilized in this League.
All batters may hit off batting tees, with the assistance of an offensive Coach.
The batter will have 7 opportunities to hit the ball. If the last opportunity is hit foul, another chance will be awarded.
The ball must go farther then 10* from the tee in fair territory; otherwise the ball is foul. If the bat hits only the ball or any portion of the ball, this is a legal hit.
If the bat only hits the tee, this is a *tee ball* and not a hit. The Batting tee shall be placed in front of home plate with the back of the tee just touching home plate.
There shall be no catchers.
The entire team shall bat through the line-up Twice each inning. The last player to bat in the inning clears the bases by rounding the bases completely. (a home run)
There will be NO *On Deck* swinging
All players shall play on defense.
The extra defensive players shall play in the outfield only. The outfield is defined as the grass area in fair territory.
A Game is 2 innings.
Outs will not be recorded. Team win loss records will not be maintained.
Base stealing or leading off is not permitted. Mercy rule is not in effect.
Play is considered dead only when the ball is returned to any defensive infielder, who is in fair territory within the infield and holds the ball up in the air. Once the ball is dead all runners must proceed to the closest base.
A following runner can force no runner to the next base. If the lead runner is not half way, the runner shall return to the last base and the following runners will do likewise.
Any Player throwing a bat shall receive one warning. Next time the player will sit out the remainder of that at bat or the next at bat.
A runner is out if they pass a preceding runner while the ball is in play. Runners shall be awarded one additional base on all overthrows that go out of play.
No more then 3 league approved coaches allowed on the field when a team is on defense. The coaches must be behind the last defender in the outfield, so as not to obstruct play.
No more then 4 league approved coaches allowed on the field when a team is on offense. Those coaches must be positioned at first base, third base, catcher and pitcher.