Minor League

Welcome to the Minor League!

This Minor League page is where you find all the information you need pertaining to the Minor League. Visit this page frequently for the latest scores and standing. The MBA Minor League is for players 9-10 years of age. This is the first league in which players pitch in our baseball program. Players continue to build on the baseball skills they learned in the Rookie League.

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2009
MADISON BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
LOCAL RULES & REGULATIONS
MINOR LEAGUE
(9 & 10 Years Old Leagues) 

1. A team may consist of no more than 12 players.  A defensive team shall consist of no more than 9 players with a maximum of 6 infield players including the pitcher and catcher.  The minimum number of players to begin a game is eight. After the game has started, the number of available players may drop below 8 without forfeit, unless the immediate cause of falling below 8 players is due to an ejection of one or more players.  However, the minimum number of batting positions remains at eight throughout the game.  As a result, if a team is playing with eight or less players and a player is removed for the game for any reason other than ejection, the batting position of the player(s) removed shall be counted as an out each time that position(s) comes around.  The batting position of an ejected player shall be counted as an out each time it comes around regardless of how many players are present in the batting order. 
    
2. Home team has 3rd base dugout.
    
3. When a team scores six runs in an inning, that team's time at bat shall be considered complete.
    
4. Only Managers, Coaches, Players and Umpires shall be allowed on the field or in the dugouts during the game. No more than three Managers or Coaches shall be allowed on the field or in the dugouts during the game. All Managers and Coaches excluding the offensive first base coach and third base coach must remain inside their appropriate dugouts or inside the fence surrounding the field.
    
5. Any Player "slinging the bat" which in the Umpire's judgment creates a dangerous situation shall receive a warning. The Manager, and the Official Scorekeeper, who shall make a record in the official scorebook, of the opposing teams shall be notified of the warning. For any future infractions in the same game, the Batter shall be declared out and no base runner shall be allowed to advance. It has been decided a warning to a player does not mean the whole team.
    
6. A team may "Play Up" a child from the league immediately below when there are not enough regular team members to fully field a defensive team.  Only enough players can be played up to fully field a defensive team.  This new player will be considered a "Replacement" player.   Under no circumstances shall a Replacement play in the pitcher position. A player may NOT be used as a Replacement, if he/she has his/her regular league game starting time of less than 4 hours on the same day as the start time for the team he/she is playing up for. It is the coach’s responsibility to make a reasonable attempt to verify that the Replacement does not have a regular league game on the same day at a later time.  If a player(s) must be benched due to the total number of players exceeding the maximum defensive positions (resulting from Replacements who have started playing and late team members arriving), no regular team members, who arrived on time, shall sit out defensively more innings than the Replacement player(s).  Regular team members arriving late and Replacement players are still subject to only sitting out defensively two non-consecutive innings maximum, as is any regular team member as described in Rule Replacement players must be present and added to the official roster before the start of the game. Replacement players may not be used to replace a player that is ejected, injured, sick, or leaves the game for any other reason.
    
7. Player Participation Rules:

(a)   All Players present at game time shall be placed in the batting order. Any Player arriving after the beginning of the game shall be added to the bottom of the batting order.

(b)  No player (including any team member and replacement player) shall sit out on defense more than two innings in any game.  The two innings must not be consecutive. The penalty for not meeting this rule is forfeiture of the game.

(c)   If a regular team member arrives after the start of the game, the inning in which the player arrives will NOT count as an inning sitting out IF the player arrives after his team has taken the field for defense in that inning.

8. The visiting team may take the field twenty minutes prior to game time, if available. The home team may take the field ten minutes prior to game time, if available. If there are less than twenty minutes available, the time shall be divided equally between the teams. If time does not permit, Three minutes will be allowed for the home team prior to Visitor at bat and home pitcher warm up, Three minutes will be allowed for visiting team prior to Home team bat and Visitor pitcher warm up.
    
9. There is no infield fly rule.
   
    
10. It shall be a regulation game when,  1 ) both teams have completed 6 innings of play and the visiting team has scored more runs than the home team,[In case of a tie after six innings of play, a seventh inning shall be played to break the tie. If after seven innings the game remains tied, the game shall end as a tie. Only in tournament play shall the game continue in order to break the tie.],   2 ) the home team has scored more runs after 5 innings than the visiting team has scored in 6 innings, 3) the home team scores the winning run in the last half of the sixth inning before the third out is recorded,  4) the game is shortened by reason of time limit, curfew, rain, or other acts of God provided that both teams have batted four times, or in the case of the home team when it is leading after three and one half innings of play,  (note that  games shortened by  reason of curfew, rain, or other acts of God before they have become regulation games shall be resumed from the point of termination ) , 5 ) a team is ahead by 13 runs after both teams have batted 4 times, or in the case of the home team 3 times,  6 ) a team is ahead by 7 runs after both teams have batted 5 times, or in the case of the home team 4 times. The time limit for games shall be that no new inning past the fourth inning shall start after 1 hour and 45 minutes of play, regardless of score.  A new inning is considered to begin as soon as the last out is made in the previous inning.  The time limit applies to regular season games only.  A system shall be used such that league standings will be determined by winning percentage based on the number of games won verses the number of games played. (revised 2009)
     
11. Substitute players may reenter the game.
     
12. Headfirst slides are not permitted unless returning to the bag. The penalty for doing so is a called out at the base by the Umpire.
     
13. Fake Bunt- Any player who on a given pitch, "squares" to bunt and then takes a normal swing at the ball, shall be called out no matter whether contact is made with the ball or not. A warning shall be issued to the coach of the offending team and no runners may advance on a play in which a fake bunt is attempted. A second attempt in the same game by any batter on the offending team will result in the offending player being ejected. In other words, this rule is to make "fake-bunts" illegal. The intent is to protect young pitchers who are being taught to charge bunts from being injured.
     
14. Balk Rule – A balk shall only be declared when a batter “squares” to bunt and the pitcher stops the delivery of an attempted pitch.  Penalty – A ball shall be called and the play declared dead.  No runners shall advance unless forced by a walk.
     
15. Base runners may leave the base as soon as the pitched ball crosses home plate.
     
16. Pinch runner for catcher: At the batting team coach’s discretion, with two outs, the last batter to record an out, may “pinch-run” for the batting team’s catcher, that will catch in the next half inning, if that player occupies a base as a runner.  The head coach must declare that the player, being pinch run for, will be used as a catcher in the next half inning.  The home team may not declare a pinch runner in the bottom of the 6th inning.  The head coach that declares that a player will catch in the next half inning, uses a pinch runner, then fails to have the declared player catch in the next half inning, will serve a one game suspension and the game will be subject to a forfeit.
    
     
17. All batters and base runners will wear a league approved helmet equipped with a face mask.