INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL- ADDITIONAL RULES/MODIFICATIONS
In order to prevent injury and protect the defensive player attempting to make a play on a base runner, the
base runner must be called out if he/she remains on his/her feet and deliberately with great force crashes
into a defensive player holding the ball and/or is waiting to apply a tag. If the act is determined to be
flagrant the offender shall also be ejected.
All general intramural program rules and policies can be found on/at the intramural web page. It is an expectation
that all captains review and reiterate to teammates.
ASA- USA SOFTBALL RULES APPLY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
1. Please be early for games- FORFEIT TIME IS GAME TIME. A team will be removed from tournament play on
the third “late start” 5 minutes after the scheduled start time. Play will begin once the minimum amount of
players needed to start is present.
2. Overall Player Participation: (1) Varsity Softball and Baseball Athletes are not allowed to participate.... (2)
Participation may include current students, faculty, and staff.... (3) Men’s Participation is limited to only a Men's
Rec. Team or Comp Team..... (4) Participation is allowed in the coed league and men's rec. or comp league for
male participants, for female participants- coed league and/or comp. league. Unfortunately there is not a
women's only league…. (5) Teams are limited to only 4 Club Softball and/or Baseball Players and/or any
combination between the two.
3. No metal spikes and/or metal cleats!
4. ASA Certified and approved SOFTBALL BATS ONLY!
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Link of non-approved bats http://www.asasoftball.com/about/build_batlist_one_page.asp
5. VALID BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY ID’s are mandatory for every game. No ID, no play.
6. LOB PITCHES ONLY for Coed and Men’s Rec. League- pitches must be pitched even and/or rise above the
pitcher but may not exceed 12’. in height.
7. Comp League may choose to utilize fast-pitch.
8. All batters start with a 1-1 count.
9. No leading and/or stealing. Tag-up on fly balls.
10. Infield fly rule will be used.
11. Out of play area is behind the second “V” behind home plate only.
12. Outfield is “wide open” except on field 8 (into the woods will be a home run).
13. 1 extra base on out of play throws.
14. 3 outs per team.
15. Each game will be 60 minutes of regulation play with no limit on the number of innings played. Extra innings
will be played if necessary. An official game will constitute any game that reaches the 30 minute mark. A new
inning will not begin after the scheduled end time; an inning can continue and be played until the end beyond
the scheduled start time.
16. No fouling out.
17. PARTICIPANTS ON TEAMS MUST CHECK-IN WITH STAFF ON THE FIELD. AFTER PLAYERS CHECK IN
THE CAPTAIN WILL THEN FINAILZE BATTING LINE-UP.
18. Coed team line-up has no restrictions.
19. One foot with possession of the catch for a legal catch out of play.
20. Maximum amount of players allowed to play on the field and bat (no DH) is 10. Players on the field will bat.
21. Minimum amount of players needed to start a game is 7.
22. All coed teams must have at least 3 women on the field at all times, no more than 6 men.
23. Pitching: The ball must be pitched before the follow-through after the pitching rubber. A dead ball will be called
if the pitch is released after the pitching rubber. First offense, warning. After second offense, ball.
24. Any pitch that fails to reach an arc of six feet or exceeds the 12 foot limit, will be declared an illegal pitch. This
will count as a "ball" unless the batter chooses to swing, in which case the ball is live. Once an illegal pitch is
swung at, all action following the swing will be legal (a strike, out, hit, etc.) and the "illegal pitch" will be
disregarded.
25. No more than 3 warm-up pitches will be permitted before the start of each inning. No warm-up pitches are
permitted if a pitching change occur mid-inning
26. Substitution: Team captain must identify substitute and adjust line-up accordingly. Once a player leaves the
game, they cannot resume play. Exception: If an injury occurs to a player, the player who was subbed out may
return to the lineup but must bat in the same spot in the batting order and the injured player will not be able to
return to the game.
27. On tag plays, the fielder must be in possession of the ball before attempting to block a base or home plate.
Blocking a base without the ball at any base or home plate is considered obstruction. It is also obstruction
when a fielder without the ball fakes a tag. For a fake tag, bases are awarded as a normal obstruction AND the
fielder will be ejected from the game.
28. A fielder has absolute right to any position on the field to field a ball and all runners must avoid a fielder in
these cases. When a fielder not in possession of the ball or not in the act of fielding a batted ball impedes the
progress of a runner, obstruction will be ruled. This is a delayed dead ball; play continues as normal. Once the
play has ended, the umpire shall award the runner and each other runner affected by the obstruction the bases
they would have, in the umpire's opinion, reached had there been no obstruction.
29. Throwing of equipment will result in immediate removal from game. Please do throw, slam, ect. equipment.
30. Batting helmets must be worn by players batting and on base.
31. Overthrows (ball passes player, base, and out of play “V”) past 1st, 3rd, and Home will result in one extra base.
32. Mercy Rule: Play must have completed at least 3 innings and one team by ahead by at least 20 runs.
SPECIAL NOTE:
 The intramural office will provide softballs, catcher’s equipment, batting helmets, and some bats for
games only. Teams are expected to supply gloves. Softball bats are optional, but suggested.