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2010 Valley Vineyard Softball
01/01/10
Opening Day is Sunday, March 28 right after church...
You don't know what fun is until you've played Vineyard Softball! It's Co-ed, it's competitive, it's painful to watch and it's all about bonding. Sign-up in the church lobby and invite a friend or neighbor.
My desire is for people to have fun, make friendships, have younger players encouraged and gain confidence.
- commissioner Jim
TENTATIVE GAME SCHEDULE
Date |
2:00pm |
3:30pm |
5:00pm |
03/28/10 |
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04/04/10 |
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04/11/10 |
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04/18/10 |
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04/25/10 |
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05/02/10 |
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05/09/10 |
Mother's Day |
no game |
no game |
05/16/10 |
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05/23/10 |
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05/30/10 |
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06/06/10 |
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06/13/10 |
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06/20/10 |
playoff round 1 |
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06/27/10 |
BBQ |
playoff round 2 |
Championship Game |
Important Things of Which to Take Note:
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Umpires: Either pick a non-playing member from another team to umpire, or pick someone from the hitting team to umpire the first and third baselines.
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4 pitches only to each batter (pitched by your own team)
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Avoid Collisions on the basepaths: slide or get out of the way when running into 2nd base or home (or any base where you forsee a collision. The first base has an orange bag where the runner should step to avoid collision with the 1st baseman. In certain situations, you may call the runner safe, even if they don’t touch the bag when they avoid a collision and would have either tied or beaten the throw.
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No warmups after the 1st inning. (we were able to play all 7 innings under 1 hour 30 minutes).
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Women:
* Women are the only ones who can bunt
* When a women is batting you must play no closer than the light poles in the outfield, also no closer than the pitcher (defensive pitcher), and no closer than 3 feet inside the baseline (infielders), you cannot go inside these limits until the ball is hit by the batter.
* Although you a free to play as many women simultaneously on the field as you want , both teams should try to play the same amount of women on the field: This is usually 3 women, although if one team is short this could be 2 women. You should confirm this before play begins for each game.
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Out-Of-Play is from the fence to the first light pole in the outfield and the light poles after that. Also, a ball in the dugout is out-of-play, or a ball that goes through the opening on both sides of home plate is out-of-play. Here’s what happens when the ball goes out-of-play:
* A ball hit fairly is normally in-play even if it goes out-of-play. I’m talking here about a grounder or flyball that drops in fair (inside the line) and then bounces out-of-play after passing 3rd or 1st base. We continue to play these as if they are in-play
* A throw that goes out-of-play becomes dead. The runners in this situation get the base they are going to plus one more, therefore a runner going from 2nd to 3rd when the ball goes out-of-play gets to go home.
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Plays at Home: Instruct all catchers to stand in-front of home plate when taking throws to avoid collisions.
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Contesting a Call: Only coaches should contest calls that they don’t agree with. They should approach the other coach, and talk it out if they feel a call was made incorrectly. There are many close calls (a bang bang play.) that can go either way, so only contest something that you think was obviously wrong.
Umpires: Either pick a non-playing member from another team to umpire, or pick someone from the hitting team to umpire the first and third baselines.
4 pitches only to each batter (pitched by your own team)
Avoid Collisions on the basepaths: slide or get out of the way when running into 2nd base or home (or any base where you forsee a collision. The first base has an orange bag where the runner should step to avoid collision with the 1st baseman. In certain situations, you may call the runner safe, even if they don’t touch the bag when they avoid a collision and would have either tied or beaten the throw.
No warmups after the 1st inning. (we were able to play all 7 innings under 1 hour 30 minutes).
Women:
* Women are the only ones who can bunt
* When a women is batting you must play no closer than the light poles in the outfield, also no closer than the pitcher (defensive pitcher), and no closer than 3 feet inside the baseline (infielders), you cannot go inside these limits until the ball is hit by the batter.
* Although you a free to play as many women simultaneously on the field as you want , both teams should try to play the same amount of women on the field: This is usually 3 women, although if one team is short this could be 2 women. You should confirm this before play begins for each game.
Out-Of-Play is from the fence to the first light pole in the outfield and the light poles after that. Also, a ball in the dugout is out-of-play, or a ball that goes through the opening on both sides of home plate is out-of-play. Here’s what happens when the ball goes out-of-play:
* A ball hit fairly is normally in-play even if it goes out-of-play. I’m talking here about a grounder or flyball that drops in fair (inside the line) and then bounces out-of-play after passing 3rd or 1st base. We continue to play these as if they are in-play
* A throw that goes out-of-play becomes dead. The runners in this situation get the base they are going to plus one more, therefore a runner going from 2nd to 3rd when the ball goes out-of-play gets to go home.
Plays at Home: Instruct all catchers to stand in-front of home plate when taking throws to avoid collisions.
Contesting a Call: Only coaches should contest calls that they don’t agree with. They should approach the other coach, and talk it out if they feel a call was made incorrectly. There are many close calls (a bang bang play.) that can go either way, so only contest something that you think was obviously wrong.
