BWL Rule Book
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If the ball is ticked into the strike zone on a third strike, then the batter is out.
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No inside the park home runs, you must stop at third.
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You can not switch to the other side of the plate when hitting unless you have two strikes.
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If the ball lands on the porch then it’s a home run.
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If the ball bounces onto the porch then it’s a ground rule double.
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The batter can choose not to take the walk until after the third extra ball and then it’s counted as a strike.
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If the ball is hit in the air and they try to hit it again with a defender within 10 feet of the ball, then the batter is out.
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There are intentional walks
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The batter can use any bat approved by the commsioner.
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If you are hit by a pitch, it’s ruled a ball.
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If the ball hits the basketball hoop off a hit, then it’s an out.
Pitching
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You can not throw the ball at anything in your windup.
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You can only have each player come into pitch twice in a game.
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A pitcher can pitch with any ball approved by the commisioner.
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You can not run up and throw a pitch.
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You can not throw softball style or underhanded.
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Three strikes for an out.
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Five balls for a walk.
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The pitcher has to be touching the rubber during their pitching motion.
Fielding
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You can only have three players in the field.
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If a player is running to first and you throw the ball in front of them before they reach first, the runner is out.
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If there is a play at the plate then the fielder can throw the ball at the net, player, or base.
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If the ball is thrown at you and hits you, then you are out.
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You are allowed to intentionally drop the ball to try and turn a double play.
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There are two outs in every inning.
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If a runner interferes with the fielder the the runner is out.
Baserunning
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If the ball is thrown at you, the base, or a failed cross out, then you can not advance.
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If there are ghost runners then what they do depends on the lead runner.
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If the lead runner scores then it goes off the hitter.
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To get a ghost runner out you have to touch the base the ghost runner would be going to before the lead runner gets to the base they’re going to.
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There is no stealing.
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You are allowed to tag up.
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You can not run once the pitcher has the ball on the mound.
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If the runner is halfway or farther to a base, when the pitcher gets the ball, then they get to advance to the next base.
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If the runner is not halfway or farther then they have to go back.
League Rules
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Most baseball rules apply
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Every roster move has to go through the commisioner.
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If something happens not in the rules then the players will decide majority rules.
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You can score 8 runs in an inning. In the last inning there's an unlimited amount you can score.
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There are 3 regulation innings.
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There are an unlimited amount of extra innings.
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There is trading, but the trade has to go through the player/players being traded and the commisioner.
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The manager is the only one that can make a roster move.
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You are allowed to pick up any player that meets the restrictions and are not already on a team.
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You are allowed to have up to 5 players and no less than 2 on your roster.
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You can’t cut a player without going through the commisioner first.
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A player can request the commisioner to be released from their team, and become a free agent a week after the release.
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There are extra innings if the game is tied.
Original Player Signatures
Boston Drakulich Andrew Clawson Mason Jenkins Isaac Jenkins
Jacoby Latessa Ryder Rasmusen Will Cochran
