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BATTING - All team players will bat in a set batting order.
- Teams are to bat the entire roster. Players may be removed from defensive lineup during the game.
- You must have 10 players. You must have at least 8 players to start or finish a game or it will be ruled a forfeit.
- If a team has less than 10 players in the batting lineup, an out shall be recorded for each batter not batting. Example: Teams with 8 players batting, the 9th and 10th batters would be called out during his/her time at bat).
- A team whose batter slings a bat will receive on the first incidence a warning. The second incidence by an batter will be an out.
- Bunting is permitted. No fake bunts. A player showing bunt may not fake bunt and swing in an effort to hit the ball. Penalty: The batter is out and the ball is dead.
- Batted balls, unless called foul by the umpire, are alive and in play until the defense stops the progress of all runners and the umpire calls time out. The ball is dead until the next batter.
- Any player who arrives late may enter the game immediately, but must be added as the last name of the batting order.
- The coach pitcher is limited to instructing the batter only. The coach pitcher may not instruct the base runners.
- Only one batter allowed in the on-deck circle. All other players must remain in the dugout.
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