GAME RULES

Ticonderoga Little League

Game Day Procedures

Pregame and Warmups

Home team is responsible for getting the field ready for play and supplying game balls. Home team will occupy the 1st base dugout and the visiting team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
Home and visiting teams split the batting cages during warmups.
Home and visiting teams may agree to their own pre-game sharing arrangement of the field at their discretion.
Pregame conference with umpires will take place 5 minutes before game. Managers shall exchange batting orders prior to the pre-game conference with the umpire. The batting order shall list the players name & jersey number.
When there are successive games, the umpires may prohibit infield warm-ups if there are time constraints.

During Game

Maximum of four coaches allowed in dugout area: one manager, two assistant coaches and one book keeper. Coaches should be behind the dugout fence or in the coach’s box.
Each team is responsible for keeping an official scorebook and pitch count.
The home team is responsible for setting up the scoreboard.

Postgame

Both teams are responsible for reporting the final score & pitch count in the cement building on the poster immediately following the completion of the game.
Both teams are responsible for putting tarps out onto the field.

Safety

All batters and base runners must wear protective helmets.
All catchers must wear a catcher’s helmet.
Batters are not allowed to show bunt then swing away. If a batter "shows" bunt, their options are: (a) bunt, (b) offer or not offer at the bunt attempt, or (c) pull the bat back taking the pitch. Penalty: the ball becomes dead at the moment of the infraction and the batter is automatically out, regardless of if the ball was missed or the ball was hit. No runner may advance.
If a batter throws or wildly slings the bat after hitting (or attempting to hit) the ball to the extent that the manager and/or umpire believes other players are endangered, time-out will be called and the manager will discuss the infraction with the batter. If it happens again, in the same game, the batter may be called out, prohibited from batting further in the game, or ejected (umpire’s discretion).
The batter should not throw the bat toward the dugout after the batter completes the at bat (i.e. after the batter is walked).

Local Ground Rules

Ticonderoga Little League games are governed by the Official Regulations and Playing Rules of Little League Baseball (Little League Rulebook). Managers and assistant coaches are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Little League Rulebook. Ticonderoga Little League has supplemented the Little League Rulebook with the following additional local rules.

LOCAL RULES

Ticonderoga Little League

Local Laws 2025 Season

1. We will not play the dropped third strike rule.

2. If a team loses a player during the season. They’re required to pull a player up from
division below off the reserve list created by managers after draft.

3. If each team has 10 or more players in attendance at a game, then continuous batting
style will be played. If either team has 9 players or less in attendance, then traditional
batting style will be played for that game.

4. If a player is injured during the game, that player will be skipped in the batting line up
and will not count as an out if you can still field a full team (9 players) If the injured
player drops your roster to 8 players, then the player will be considered out when they
come up in the lineup.

5. A player may enter the game up to 30 minutes after the first pitch is thrown. After that
they are not eligible to play that game.

6. After the game each manager needs to record totals on the pitching chart located inside
the shed, also we need to record players that are absent from each game. The manager
or coach will sign for each team after every game. If chronic absence, may need to pull
up a player from the minor league. Failure to report this will result in discipline by the
executive board.

7. If a game needs to be postponed due to safety of the kids, it will resume exactly where it
was left off to include count on the batter. Unless an official game is called. The game
will resume on a day/time that is agreed upon by both teams.

8. Mercy rule 15 runs any time after a complete inning after the completion of the 4 th
inning.

9. All managers: Failure to comply with pitching/catching rules will result in the following
punishment: 1st offense: forfeiture of the violated game and the manager is suspended
from next game. 2nd offense: manager is dismissed from the league.

10. Six Run Rule- No more than 6 runs by any team will be scored in one inning. Ex. If a
team scores 6 runs and has less than 3 outs, this concludes the half of the inning. The
Last inning will be unlimited Runs Scored.

11. Minor League All 4 players need to start both feet in the outfield while playing 10 in the
field.

12. Any coach that fails to fulfill their umpire duty and makes no attempt through the
league to find a replacement will be penalized. - 1st offense | manager/coach is
suspended from the next game. 2nd offense | manager/coach is dismissed from league.