Pinto Baseball Rules
Pinto Baseball Rules Home team provides bases and pitching rubber
Scoring and Standings 1. No posted standings or scores 2. Scores reported to league for placement only
Playing Rules 1. 2. 3. 4.
ONLY 9 defensive players Encourage all players play infield and outfield in each game All players play same number of innings Bat Entire Lineup (3 outs)
Pitching Rules Kid Pitching 1. 3 strikes = out 2. 4 balls = walk 3. Limit of 2 inning limit per pitcher 4. HBP = walk 5. Must pitch from rubber (38-feet) 6. Avoid quick pitching 7. No Balks, Just Warnings Coach Pitching 5. Coach pitch remainder of inning only after 3 walks by single pitcher 6. Follow SFYBL Shetland rules for coach pitching 7. No walks on coach pitching (hits and outs only) 8. Coach must pitch from 38-feet (no lobbing) 9. 10 pitch limit on coach pitching – foul balls keep it alive General Rules 1. No stealing 2. 1 base only on overthrows into foul territory 3. No defensive coaches on field 4. 2-3 minute pitching warmup, 4-5 pitches 5. 5 run inning mercy 6. No game mercy rule 7. No headfirst sliding (automatic out) 8. No bunting (count as a foul ball) 9. Game Time, no new inning starts after 90 minutes. 10. Home team provides bases and pitching rubber.
Umpires SFYBL Umpires
Age 13+ o Coaches, help them out o Coaches, encourage them Zero tolerance for: o Physical contact o Arguing calls o Arguing with opposing coaches o Unsportsmanlike behavior o Bad fans o Coaching card violations
Coach Umpires
Home team umpires game before theirs Last game of day self-umpired Know the rules Agree with opposing team before the game Coaching card required to ump
California Penal Code Section 243.8 provides: (a) When a battery is committed against a sports official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which the sports official is participating, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of his or her duties, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) For the purposes of this section, "sports official" means nay individual who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, or who serves in similar capacity but may be known by a different title or name and is duly registered by, or a member of a local, state, regional or national organization engaged in part in providing education and training to sports officials. (Adopted October 5, 1991)
Scoring and Standings 1. No posted standings or scores 2. Scores reported to league for placement only
Playing Rules 1. 2. 3. 4.
ONLY 9 defensive players Encourage all players play infield and outfield in each game All players play same number of innings Bat Entire Lineup (3 outs)
Pitching Rules Kid Pitching 1. 3 strikes = out 2. 4 balls = walk 3. Limit of 2 inning limit per pitcher 4. HBP = walk 5. Must pitch from rubber (38-feet) 6. Avoid quick pitching 7. No Balks, Just Warnings Coach Pitching 5. Coach pitch remainder of inning only after 3 walks by single pitcher 6. Follow SFYBL Shetland rules for coach pitching 7. No walks on coach pitching (hits and outs only) 8. Coach must pitch from 38-feet (no lobbing) 9. 10 pitch limit on coach pitching – foul balls keep it alive General Rules 1. No stealing 2. 1 base only on overthrows into foul territory 3. No defensive coaches on field 4. 2-3 minute pitching warmup, 4-5 pitches 5. 5 run inning mercy 6. No game mercy rule 7. No headfirst sliding (automatic out) 8. No bunting (count as a foul ball) 9. Game Time, no new inning starts after 90 minutes. 10. Home team provides bases and pitching rubber.
Umpires SFYBL Umpires
Age 13+ o Coaches, help them out o Coaches, encourage them Zero tolerance for: o Physical contact o Arguing calls o Arguing with opposing coaches o Unsportsmanlike behavior o Bad fans o Coaching card violations
Coach Umpires
Home team umpires game before theirs Last game of day self-umpired Know the rules Agree with opposing team before the game Coaching card required to ump
California Penal Code Section 243.8 provides: (a) When a battery is committed against a sports official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which the sports official is participating, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of his or her duties, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) For the purposes of this section, "sports official" means nay individual who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, or who serves in similar capacity but may be known by a different title or name and is duly registered by, or a member of a local, state, regional or national organization engaged in part in providing education and training to sports officials. (Adopted October 5, 1991)
