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Dick Sporting Goods Bat Buying Guide
UMBA is proud to have the support of Dick Sporting Goods as a program sponsor.  Below are links to their Baseball and Softball Bat Buying Guides (the link above is to their over-all baseball & softball gear buying guide index for your ready reference.)
 
BUYING GUIDES
 


Sign ups for Coaches
Sign up sheets for the Batting Cage and Hitting Wall are in the TAC house on the bulletin board near the snack stand. If you would like to sign up for a practice field, those sign up sheets are in the office.

Rules-2 hour game limit

There has been an addendum to 2 hour game limit in the general rules(Information/rules).

  1. No new inning will start after 1 hour and 45 minutes. The umpire in chief will announce the starting time to managers on all games. Games called because of the time limit will be considered a regulation game regardless of the number of innings played. This rule does not apply to Boy Senior Division.
  2. Lighted Fields:
    1. No inning shall be permitted to begin after the time stated:
      1. 9:45pm Sunday through Thursday during the school year
      2. 10:30pm Friday & Saturday, or any other non-school night.
      3. The umpire in chief shall order the playing field lights turned on whenever in his/her opinion darkness makes further play hazardous.
      4. In event of light failure, the game shall be deemed a suspended game.

Bat Rule - PIAA
Attention parents and coaches of boys 7th - 12th grade. The public school league PIAA has adapted the new bat rule. This rule only allows -3 bat with 2 5/8 barrel. See handouts for the exact ruling.

Bat Rule-Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Leagues
Attention for all parents and coaches of boys in 7th grade to 12th grade. Babe Ruth has not changed any rules regarding approved baseball bates (Rule 1.10). There is NO length to weight ration required for Babe Ruth Baseball or Cal Ripken Baseball. Babe Ruth allows 2 1/4 barrel for our 5 - 12 Cal Ripken division and 2 3/4 barrel demensions for our 13 - 15 and 16 - 18. Division.
Printed in Bullpen January 2001 page 5.