ADULT CO-ED CABBAGE BALL RULES:

-10 PLAYERS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE FIELD.

-MUST HAVE AT LEAST 8 PLAYERS PRESENT TO START GAME.

-MUST HAVE SAME NUMBER (OR MORE) OF FEMALES AS MALES.

-NO BUNTING OR SLAP SWINGING.

-RUNNERS CANNOT LEAVE BASE UNTIL BALL IS HIT.

-FIELDING POSITIONS ARE OPTIONAL.

-IF A MALE PLAYER WALKS & A FEMALE IS UP TO BAT NEXT, SHE WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO WALK OR BAT.

-GAMES WILL BE 6 INNINGS WITH A 10-RUN RULE AFTER 4.

-10 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD FOR TARDINESS (1ST GAME ONLY).

-MUST BE MALE THEN FEMALE IN BATTING ROTATION.

-PITCHER MUST LOB THE BALL TO THE STRIKE ZONE (CAN BE THROWN WITH AN ARCH UP TO 10' HIGH FROM THE GROUND BUT MUST PASS THROUGH THE STRIKE ZONE TO BE CONSIDERED A STRIKE) * NO FAST PITCH.

-2 PINCH RUNNERS ARE ALLOWED PER TEAM (MUST BE LAST BATTED OUT OF THE SAME SEX) *EXCEPTION: IF PLAYER IS INJURED DURING A PLAY, THE UMPIRE MAY AWARD A RUNNER OF THE SAME SEX. 

-BATTERS STARTS WITH A 1 AND 1 COUNT. 

GAME TIMES 

All games will begin promptly at the scheduled time.  These times will be on league schedule given to the coach or manager.  Exception: There will be a ten (10) minute grace period from the scheduled starting of the first game of the night.  (Only the first game of the night will have the grace period, any team thereafter not ready to play at the start of the following games will have to forfeit.)  Game times are 6:00PM, 7:00PM, 8:00PM.  

Playing day:  - Wednesday

GAME DURATION

• Games will be one (1) hour time or  (6) innings (please discard the error from prior rule that said seven innings) The rule at the top states 6 innings with a 10 run rule after 4 innings. 
• No inning will start after fifty-five (55) minutes
• Any game ending in a tie and the time limit has expired; one inning will be allowed to break a tie game. If the time has expired, a tie game will count as ½ win and ½ loss.

FEES  

Entrance fees must be paid prior to the first scheduled game or you will not be placed on the schedule. Deadline for fees is August 1st. There will be no exceptions.

TEAM WITHDRAWALS

In the event a team withdraws or leaves the league involuntarily; their entrance fee will not be refunded to them.

FORFEITED GAMES

Any team forfeiting two (2) consecutive games will be dropped from the league playoffs.  A total of three (3)-forfeited games will result in the team being dropped from the league.  (Entrance fee will not be refunded.) 

RELEASE FORMS 

St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Department requires each player to sign a waiver release form.  This form must be turned into the Recreation Department before the player can participate.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Alcoholic beverages are not permitted in any park owned by St. Charles Parish School System.  Ice chests containing alcoholic beverages are not permissible inside the park. 

SMOKING

Smoking is not allowed on the playing field or in the dug out by a player, coach, manager, or umpire. 

PLAY-OFFS

The league champions will be determined by a play-off system.  The team’s won-loss record will determine league standings and the play-off format and will be calculated using the program software on the scheduling site.  You may call us the same night and leave it on our recorder or you may call us the next business day. We need this information to have accurate standings. 985-783-5090

In case of exact records for any teams for play-off positions, the following tiebreaker rules will apply:

            1.  Win Loss Record.

            2.  Point Differential.

NOTE: For a player to be eligible for play-off games, the player must have actively participated in three (3) league games.

AWARDS

Awards will be given to the 1st and 2nd place teams.  Fifteen (15) individual awards per team.

CODE OF CONDUCT - This is a recreational league; players must conduct themselves in a sportsman like manner at all times.  Coaches/Managers are responsible for their teams' conduct

No player, coach, or manager shall:

            1.   At any time lay a hand upon, push, shove, strike, or threaten to strike an umpire.  Zero “0” Tolerance.

            2.   Refuse to abide by an umpire’s decision.

            3.   be guilty of objectionable demonstrations of dissent at an umpire’s decision by throwing of gloves, bats, balls, or any other forceful action.

            4.   be guilty of heaping personal, verbal abuse upon an umpire for any real or imaginary wrong decision or judgment.

            5.   Discuss with the official, in any manner, the decision reached by such umpire; except if he is the captain, manager, or player actually involved.

          6.   be guilty of using unnecessary rough tactics in the play of the game, against the body and person of an opposing player.

            7.   be guilty of physical attack as an aggressor upon player, umpire, or spectator.  Zero “0” Tolerance.

            8.   Be guilty of abusive, verbal attack upon a player, umpire, or spectator.

            9.   Use profane language in any manner or at any time.

          10.   Be guilty of discussion publicly with spectators, in a derogatory manner; regarding any play, decision, or his/her own personal opinion of other players or officials during the game.  Zero “0” Tolerance.

                  Penalty will consist of a warning or ejection from the game, park, or program.

          11. Players caught drinking or smoking on the Field of play will only receive one warning. If caught again that player or players will be ejected from the game and asked to leave the park. Dug outs must be cleaned after each game by, please respect the park and keep the fields and dugouts clean.    

TEAM-PLAYER SPORTSMANSHIP

Responsible officials are requested to see that coaches, managers, and players are kept in hand and exercise proper control at all times.  The cooperation of everyone connected with the program is imperative if the program is to achieve the aims and objectives of St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Department.

Only persons directly affiliated with the team will be allowed in the coach’s box.  The dugout or team area is reserved for the team’s players, a sponsor representative, and a batboy.  Coaches, managers, or team captains are asked to keep all others out of their team areas.

The conduct of the coaches, managers, and players is covered by the official rules and these rules will be enforced.  Cursing, throwing of equipment, arguing with the officials, deliberate rough play or other types of unsportsmanlike conduct will not be allowed.

If a player is ejected from a game for one of the above offenses, he will be suspended from the next game that his/her team actually plays.  Forfeits and byes do not count as a game.  For the second offense, the player will be suspended from this league, plus all other activities by the St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Department’s Adult Program for one (1) year.  Any player ejected for the second offense can file a written appeal for reinstatement within a 48-hour period from the time of ejection to the St. Charles Parish Recreation Department for review.

If a player, coach, or manager is ejected, he must leave the immediate area of the game.  He may sit in his vehicle, but not in the stands.  Failure to comply will result in a forfeit of your team’s game.

Following a ball game, if coaches, managers, or players use obscene or indecent language towards an official, threaten him with physical abuse, or is guilty of any type of unsportsmanlike behavior, said person will be brought before the St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Department for review.