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| League vs USA Softball Rules |
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Any rule not specifically addressed in the CDCSL rules, will be interpretted and
enforced based on current USA Softball rulebook guidelines.
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The umpires respect our rule modifications since they do not compromise their safety,
the safety of players or spectators. However, the umpires are only familiar with the
official USA Softball rules and using them to resolve a dispute regarding our league’s
unique rule modifications is pointless. Any dispute regarding the rule modifications should
be resolved between the two head coaches.
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The term "player(s)" used below refers only to official roster players of a CDCSL team.
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A CDCSL roster consists of a maximum of 20 men, generally, 18 years of age or
older. Exceptions maybe made at the discretion of the coach and with the approval of
the commissioner. Players that are members of, or regularly attend, the "Sponsoring
Church", that is the church for which the team is named, must equal no less than 75%
of the total roster. Non-church members cannot exceed 25% of the total roster. All
players must sign a waiver before they can be allowed to participate in a CDCSL game.
Any player, below the age of 18, must have their parent or guardian sign their waiver
form before they are allowed to play in a CDCSL game.
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Players listed on the Official Team Roster will be given one of two designations as a
means of measuring the teams compliance with respect to player eligibility as outlined
in the preceding paragraph. A player who is a member of the "Sponsoring Church" will
be given the designation of "SC". Those players not qualifying for the designation
previously mentioned, are considered "Non-Church" members and are given the designation
of "NC". Finally, immediate family members of participating, Sponsoring Church players
may receive the "Sponsoring Church" (SC) designation. The deadline for roster changes
is Monday at noon of a team’s seventh game of the regular season. Five changes are
allowed; the commissioner will consider special circumstances. A Pastor, Minister,
Reverend, etc., of the Sponsoring Church(es) must sign off on the roster indicating
that the men listed as "SCs" are members or regular attendees of his church.
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A player must appear in 4 regular season games to be eligible for the playoffs.
If a player is at and able to play in a game that is canceled and does not count, this
game can still count as one in which the player appeared in.
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A player may not change teams during the season for any reason. Players must play for
their church if their church sponsors a team in the league unless the Captain of the
sponsoring church team(s) allows the player to play for another team.
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A player who decides to change teams in the off-season, must notify his previous captain
by April 1st or he will be deemed ineligible to play on another team except his previous
team for the upcoming season. The only exception is if the previous coach allows a
post-April 1st move. If a player does not play for an entire season, he may play for
the team of his choice (providing the rule in the preceding paragraph is met) in a
following season.
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All games (including all playoff games) have a 6:00 PM start time, 6:15 PM forfeit time.
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| Number Of Players To Start / Play In Games |
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A team must have no less than 8 roster players to start and play an official CDCSL game.
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A full team consists of no more than 10 players playing in the field at one time.
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The extra hitter (EH) rule is in effect and a team’s lineup may consist of 11 batters.
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A team who has 8 players at game time may opt to wait until a 9th and 10th player
to arrive or forfeit time, whichever comes first. Once the 10th player arrives (between
game time and forfeit time) the game must begin. A team may start or play a game with
8 or 9 players without having to take automatic outs for the other potential places
in the batting order that are not filled.
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If a 9th or 10th player has not arrived by forfeit time, the team(s) with only 8 or 9
players must begin playing at forfeit time.
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If a team begins a game with only 8 players, the 9th and 10th players may be added to end of
the line-up until the 1st pitch of the 3rd inning.
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A team beginning with 10 or less players forfeits the use of a designated hitter (DH),
EH and defensive only (DEFO) player for the remainder of the game.
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A team with no legal substitutions remaining may continue to play with 1 less player
than it started with, even if that player left the game due to an ejection, with his
spot in the batting order remaining as an automatic out when it come up. However, a
game shall not continue if any team drops below 8 players.
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| Shortened / Suspended Games |
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A regular season game maybe shortened at the discretion of the umpire (usually due to
inclement weather, darkness, etc.). The game is deemed official if 4 innings are
completed (3 1/2 innings if the home team is ahead).
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A playoff game shall not be shortened unless the run-ahead rule applies.
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If, in the judgment of the umpire, a playoff game must be stopped due to rain,
darkness, etc. the game will be suspended and completed in its entirety.
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The umpires are entitled to a full game compensation for a suspended game and another
full game compensation for the completion of the suspended game.
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All games (including playoffs) will be subject to a 15 run-ahead rule. The conditions,
as set forth by the USA Softball for the run-ahead rule remain the same.
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If a team forfeits, that team loses the game. The losing team in a forfeit is required
to pay both umpire fees for that game (both theirs and their opponents).
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Paying both fees will use up a teams entire deposit amount. A team who forfeits must
replenish that deposit with the commissioner before their next game.
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A team who has 1 or more forfeits during the previous season will be required to
begin the season with 1 more forfeit fee on deposit then they had forfeits. A team
with 1 forfeit last year, for example, must have 2 forfeit fees on deposit to start
the next season.
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All teams will have their forfeit deposits refunded to them following the season.
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When a team forfeits 2 or more times during a season, the League Board of Directors
will review the viability of that team for next season.
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It is desirable if a pitcher is a church member of the sponsoring church unless he is
covered under the leagues grandfathering rules by having been a pitcher in the league
during the 2009 season or before. The Commissioner and the League Board can decide on
a case by case basis. The Commissioner’s Office maintains a list of pitchers that are
banned from playing in the CDCSL. Please contact the Commissioner before recruiting
outside players to pitch for your team. Any team with a banned player on their roster
will forfeit each game that occurs while a banned player(s) appears on that team’s roster.
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The pitchers arm may not make one complete rotation (windmill type) during delivery.
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Pitchers may not use a slingshot, or side-arm delivery and may not step behind the
pitcher's plate during his wind-up or delivery.
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At the start of a pitcher's wind-up both feet must be in contact with the pitcher's plate.
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For delivery, the back foot must remain in contact with the pitcher's plate (obviously,
the back foot may come off the pitcher's plate because of delivery follow-through).
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| Other Misc. League Rules |
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Designated Hitters (DH) including defensive only (DEFO), and extra hitter (EH) are
allowed. Switching a DH with other players currently in the game (in the lineup or
on the field defensively) is allowed without restriction as long as no one person
occupies more than one position in the batting order at anytime during the same game.
As per ASA rules, a starter may re-enter the batting order once for the sub that
initially replaced him and subs may not re-enter at all.
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Runners may not advance on illegal pitches, wild pitches or passed balls, including
the batter after a dropped third strike.
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CHANGE FOR 2022 ... Bunting is NOT allowed.
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A runner may not leave the base he currently occupies until the batter hits the ball
or the ball reaches home plate. It is permissible for a runner to leave the base he is
occupying, when the ball reaches home plate, in anticipation of the ball being hit,
provided he returns to that base if the ball is not hit.
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A courtesy runner may only be used for a player under either of the two following
circumstances: 1) for a player who is 60 years of age or older or 2) for a player
who is injured and either the injury has been declared at the beginning of the game
between both coaches or the injury happened during the game. In both circumstances,
the runner must be the person who made the last batted out and may only be used once
the batter has reached base on his own. Updated 4/26/19.
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The home captain is also responsible to call rainouts for games being played at their
home field. The captain should notify the visiting captain and the commissioner by 4:00 PM.
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Runners do not advance on an illegal pitch.
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These are the steps for breaking ties in the standings.
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1 - Head to Head Record
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2 - Net Runs Amongst Tied Teams (In the case of multiple games played between
tied teams, the average runs per game against each is used.)
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3 - Net Total Runs
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4 - Tie-Breaker Game (This is if a playoff spot is at stake. If either team wants
to skip this step or if they can't agree to a day, skip this step.)
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5 - Coin Toss
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