1. No team can start play or continue to play with less than nine (9) players. 2. Call-up players shall only be added to a team roster to bring the roster up to, but not exceeding, a total of ten (10) players. 3. Players from the same division may be used as call-ups with the following provisions: a. Call-ups will be placed last in the continuous batting order. b. Call-ups cannot pitch. 4. Players may not be called up at a time in conflict with any existing responsibilities (games or practices) of the player's current team. E. Batting Regulations 1. Batting shall be by continuous order of the entire roster of players present. 2. The initial batting order for each game shall not be changed at any time during the game, except to accommodate late arrivals in accordance with the provisions described below in F.2.a. F. Participation 1. GENERAL Managers should strive for equal playing time among players in a variety of positions. 1. OFFENSIVE PARTICIPATION a. Late Arrivals. Players arriving after the start of a game shall be placed at the end of the continuous batting order and bat when their turn next occurs. No penalty for late arrivals or early departures. A player removed because of injury can return to the game, at the umpire’s discretion, and placed in their original spot of the batting order. b. An injured or ill base runner may only be replaced with the player on his team who made the last out. 2. DEFENSIVE PARTICIPATION a. Every player present at the start of any game must play nine (9) defensive outs and bat once, except that in cases of shortened games where a player does not play nine (9) defensive outs or bat once. For players affected by a shortened game, the manager must start the affected player(s) in the next scheduled game and play the affected player continuously for the sum of any previous requirement not completed for the previous game together with the current game requirements. b. Late Arrivals. Players arriving after the start of a game shall play the field at the discretion of the manager. G. Pitching Provisions 1. Each manager shall report, within 24 hours of the conclusion of a game, to the Division VP, a list of players who pitched in the just completed game and the number of pitches thrown by each pitcher in the game. The information on pitching shall be posted on the FHLL website, as appropriate. H. Home Team Duties 1. The home team will:
1. No team can start play or continue to play with less than nine (9) players. 2. Call-up players shall only be added to a team roster to bring the roster up to, but not exceeding, a total of ten (10) players. 3. Players from the same division may be used as call-ups with the following provisions: a. Call-ups will be placed last in the continuous batting order. b. Call-ups cannot pitch. 4. Players may not be called up at a time in conflict with any existing responsibilities (games or practices) of the player's current team. E. Batting Regulations 1. Batting shall be by continuous order of the entire roster of players present. 2. The initial batting order for each game shall not be changed at any time during the game, except to accommodate late arrivals in accordance with the provisions described below in F.2.a. F. Participation 1. GENERAL Managers should strive for equal playing time among players in a variety of positions. 1. OFFENSIVE PARTICIPATION a. Late Arrivals. Players arriving after the start of a game shall be placed at the end of the continuous batting order and bat when their turn next occurs. No penalty for late arrivals or early departures. A player removed because of injury can return to the game, at the umpire’s discretion, and placed in their original spot of the batting order. b. An injured or ill base runner may only be replaced with the player on his team who made the last out. 2. DEFENSIVE PARTICIPATION a. Every player present at the start of any game must play nine (9) defensive outs and bat once, except that in cases of shortened games where a player does not play nine (9) defensive outs or bat once. For players affected by a shortened game, the manager must start the affected player(s) in the next scheduled game and play the affected player continuously for the sum of any previous requirement not completed for the previous game together with the current game requirements. b. Late Arrivals. Players arriving after the start of a game shall play the field at the discretion of the manager. G. Pitching Provisions 1. Each manager shall report, within 24 hours of the conclusion of a game, to the Division VP, a list of players who pitched in the just completed game and the number of pitches thrown by each pitcher in the game. The information on pitching shall be posted on the FHLL website, as appropriate. H. Home Team Duties 1. The home team will:
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