Draft Rules
By-Laws
Here are the
BPBL Official By-Laws
Baseball Rules
Our league is run by a set of In-house rules, per division. Those rules overrule any National PONY Rules,
which in-turn overrule any Major League Baseball rules. The latest copies or all 3 are presented here:
BPBL 2012 In-House Rules.
If rules are not specifically in the above, then we go by the Pony National
rules:
2011 National Pony
Rules
2012
National PONY Rule Changes
If rules are not specifically in the Pony National rules we go by Major League Baseball rules:
Major League
Baseball Rules
Emergency Forms
All Players must have a filled out
2012 Parental Permission and Emergency
Health Authorization Form,
and these forms must be present at any League sponsored event where the child is present. This includes
games and practices.
2011 Coaching Manuals
Below are the 2011 Coaching Manuals
Mustang, Bronco, Pony Divisions
Pinto, Shetland Divisions
Participation in other baseball organizations
BPBL in-house and Blast players are not permitted to participate in games with any other
baseball organizations until in-house play is complete (see bylaws Article XI, Section 2 in
the “Rules” section of the web site). Blast and In-house players will be
held to this rule between the date of the in-house player draft or placement of player on a
BPBL team (whichever is later) and the completion of
any Tournament of Champions games or any all-star participation by the player. The
latter includes any
BPBL in-house all-star games and all PONY, Inc World Series participation.
If players
are found to be
participating in games with other baseball organizations the player will be subject to
disciplinary
action. Participation includes being listed in any game lineup card as active for the
game or
participating on the field. The BPBL Board of Directors has outlined the following
disciplinary measures
if in-house or Blast players are found to be participating in games for outside
organizations:
- First offense: Written warning to player
- Second offense: Players suspension from BPBL for the remainder of the season
Scorekeeping
BPBL Scorekeeping
Clinic Slide
Presentation
2008
Scorecard
Game
Day
Lineup
Practice
Plan
(Sample)
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BPBL Division Summary
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Shetland 5u
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Shetland 6
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Pinto Jr
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Pinto
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Must. 9
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Must. 10
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Bronco
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Pony
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Colt
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Age on
April 30
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4-5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11-12
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13-14
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15-16
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Basepath
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50ft
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50ft
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50ft
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50ft
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60ft
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60ft
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70ft
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80ft
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90ft
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Pitching
Mound
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38ft
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38ft
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38ft
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38ft
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44ft
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44ft
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48ft
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54ft
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60.5ft
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Start of
Season
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Tee
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Coach
Pitch
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Coach
Pitch
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Player
Pitch +
Coach
Pitch
on walk
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Player Pitch
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End of
Season
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Coach
Pitch
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Teams
Formed By
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Director
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Draft
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Base
Stealing
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Leadoffs
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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1st/2nd
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Balks
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Warn
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Dropped 3rd
Srike
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Breaking
Pitches
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Season
Begins
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March
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May
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Umpires
BPBL is umpired by different groups at different levels.
Shetland and Pinto Jr. - Games are umpired by a coach or parent. There
are no called
strikes in these divisions, the pitches are only counted by the umpire to ensure the
batter does not
exceed the allowed number of pitches/swings during their at bat. The umpire also calls
the plays on
runners and records outs.
Pinto, Mustang 9, Mustang 10 - Games are umpired by a single paid umpire.
Typically these umpires are area high school baseball players who have a fundamental understanding of
the game of baseball. They call balls and strikes and umpire from behind home plate.
Bronco, and Pony - Games are umpired by a single (Bronco regular season and some post-season), or pair (Pony and some Bronco late post-season) paid
Association umpire. These umpires are trained and certified.
If you are interested in becoming an umpire for BPBL, please email
umpires@brentwoodpony.org
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