BBB Rule Book
I. Requirements and Gameplay
a. Each team will be composed of 2 players. These two are the only two allowed to play for that team.
b. Each team will be supplied with bats and wiffle balls. If you want to use your own bats or balls, they must be approved by the commissioner.
c. If you can not make your scheduled game, there can be a postponement. Only if the commissioner is notified 24 hours in advance.
d. The season will be composed of two games against every other team in the league (one as home team, one as away team).
e. The top two teams based off record will compete in a best of 3 series for the championship.
f. There will be at least one umpire for each game. He will be responsible for upholding these rules.
g. The games will be 7 innings 2 outs. Once it starts it must finish rain or shine.
II. Batting
a. The batting order at the beginning of the game will remain constant through the entirety of the game.
b. There is no pinch hitting. If you somehow get injured during wiffle ball, you deserve to be out.
c. Foul tips that hit the chair with two strikes is a foul out.
d. Hit the ball over over the first base side fence, the half inning is over.
e. If you hit it over a neighbors fence, your team must get it before you take the field.
f. A hit into the pool is a ground-rule double. Any fair ball that get stuck or is wedged under a tree will be rules a double.
g. A home-run is any ball that hits the outfield dirt without hitting the grass first, hits the back trees or goes over the outfield fence.
h. A batter can not catch the ball before it hits the ground or crosses the plate. Catching a ball will result in a strike, and if two strikes, a strikeout.
III. Pitching
a. There is no limit to how many pitches or innings a pitcher can throw.
b. 5 balls restarts the count. 5 more balls results in a walk. Hit by pitch counts as 2 balls.
c. A strike can be thrown via a foul ball, swing and miss or the ball hitting any part of the chair minus the back legs. Also the space between the arm and base of chair is considered a strike.
d. A pitcher can be warned by the umpire of throwing too fast, taking too long to pitch or moving at an unfair pace. After the warning, if it continues, a pitching change must be made.
e. A pitcher can not put anything on the ball, can not use anything to aid in gripping or throwing the ball. With exception to scratching the ball.
f. A pitcher can use their own wiffle balls, but they must be approved.
IV. Fielding
a. There are only two fielders. One being the pitcher and the other can play in any position as long as it does not interfere with the batter or baseline.
b. A ball can be caught jumping in the pool, off the house, off the fence, off a bush only if the ball is falling and you do not grab it out of the tree.
c. In order to record an out, you must peg or tag the runner or the base before the runner reaches base. The neighborhood rule is in effect at the discretion of the umpire.
d. You can not use gloves or anything to aid in the catching of the wiffle ball.
e. Base pegging rules are as follow. It has to be within a reasonable height and distance from the base. You do not need to hit the base, but the throw must be close enough so that if a fielder was there it would be caught.
V. Base Running
a. There is no base runners.
b. Batter must touch every base when rounding the bases
c. Once the ball is in the infield the runner must stay at the base that they last touched.
d. If the runner is pegged at any point while not on a base, he's out.
e. If the base that the runner is running towards is pegged, he's out.
VI. Fair and Foul
a. A ball must go equal to or past the first light on the 3rd base side to be fair
b. On first base side anything that lands in the dirt or hits the trees is foul, unless it bounces off the grass or hits something first.
c. On the third base side the fair/foul line runs from the rock to the plant in the pot next to the gazebo to the statue to the face of the house beginning with the windows. The short part of the roof is fair. A ball over the taller roof part is foul. The tall tree in left field is fair. In left field fair is the slanted bush and the bag on the floor.
d. Any rule not in the rule book will be added as it occurs. Brig and/or the umpire will have final ruling for that situation.
I. Requirements and Gameplay
a. Each team will be composed of 2 players. These two are the only two allowed to play for that team.
b. Each team will be supplied with bats and wiffle balls. If you want to use your own bats or balls, they must be approved by the commissioner.
c. If you can not make your scheduled game, there can be a postponement. Only if the commissioner is notified 24 hours in advance.
d. The season will be composed of two games against every other team in the league (one as home team, one as away team).
e. The top two teams based off record will compete in a best of 3 series for the championship.
f. There will be at least one umpire for each game. He will be responsible for upholding these rules.
g. The games will be 7 innings 2 outs. Once it starts it must finish rain or shine.
II. Batting
a. The batting order at the beginning of the game will remain constant through the entirety of the game.
b. There is no pinch hitting. If you somehow get injured during wiffle ball, you deserve to be out.
c. Foul tips that hit the chair with two strikes is a foul out.
d. Hit the ball over over the first base side fence, the half inning is over.
e. If you hit it over a neighbors fence, your team must get it before you take the field.
f. A hit into the pool is a ground-rule double. Any fair ball that get stuck or is wedged under a tree will be rules a double.
g. A home-run is any ball that hits the outfield dirt without hitting the grass first, hits the back trees or goes over the outfield fence.
h. A batter can not catch the ball before it hits the ground or crosses the plate. Catching a ball will result in a strike, and if two strikes, a strikeout.
III. Pitching
a. There is no limit to how many pitches or innings a pitcher can throw.
b. 5 balls restarts the count. 5 more balls results in a walk. Hit by pitch counts as 2 balls.
c. A strike can be thrown via a foul ball, swing and miss or the ball hitting any part of the chair minus the back legs. Also the space between the arm and base of chair is considered a strike.
d. A pitcher can be warned by the umpire of throwing too fast, taking too long to pitch or moving at an unfair pace. After the warning, if it continues, a pitching change must be made.
e. A pitcher can not put anything on the ball, can not use anything to aid in gripping or throwing the ball. With exception to scratching the ball.
f. A pitcher can use their own wiffle balls, but they must be approved.
IV. Fielding
a. There are only two fielders. One being the pitcher and the other can play in any position as long as it does not interfere with the batter or baseline.
b. A ball can be caught jumping in the pool, off the house, off the fence, off a bush only if the ball is falling and you do not grab it out of the tree.
c. In order to record an out, you must peg or tag the runner or the base before the runner reaches base. The neighborhood rule is in effect at the discretion of the umpire.
d. You can not use gloves or anything to aid in the catching of the wiffle ball.
e. Base pegging rules are as follow. It has to be within a reasonable height and distance from the base. You do not need to hit the base, but the throw must be close enough so that if a fielder was there it would be caught.
V. Base Running
a. There is no base runners.
b. Batter must touch every base when rounding the bases
c. Once the ball is in the infield the runner must stay at the base that they last touched.
d. If the runner is pegged at any point while not on a base, he's out.
e. If the base that the runner is running towards is pegged, he's out.
VI. Fair and Foul
a. A ball must go equal to or past the first light on the 3rd base side to be fair
b. On first base side anything that lands in the dirt or hits the trees is foul, unless it bounces off the grass or hits something first.
c. On the third base side the fair/foul line runs from the rock to the plant in the pot next to the gazebo to the statue to the face of the house beginning with the windows. The short part of the roof is fair. A ball over the taller roof part is foul. The tall tree in left field is fair. In left field fair is the slanted bush and the bag on the floor.
d. Any rule not in the rule book will be added as it occurs. Brig and/or the umpire will have final ruling for that situation.