Each team must exchange line-up cards prior to first pitch to the opposing manager AND the umpire. 

• Each sub and/or re-entry must be announced to the umpire; the umpire will announce it to the other manager. 

• If the league cannot read the writing, then your team is in danger of having player(s) lose playoff eligibility due to poor penmanship. 

• If a team does not score the game with a score book or score sheet AND line-up, then that team is in danger of having players lose playoff eligibility. 

• Player names must be established clearly. If your team has 2 or more players with the same first name, then some other modifier must be utilized (last name, initial, nickname).

Male Re-Entry:

• Any male starting player may be withdrawn and re-entered ONCE during the game provided the player returns to the same spot in the batting order. Any pitcher can be removed from pitching and re-enter as pitcher only ONCE per game (this is mainly for those teams who use DHs for their pitchers, if you do not use a DH then the same batting line-up position would apply. A substitute who replaces a starter and is then removed from the game CANNOT re-enter the game. 

  1. Violation: If an illegal re-entry occurs it will be treated as an illegal substitution and the player is to be removed from the game entirely. 

• Female players may enter or rotate within the women’s spots in the batting order, or in the field, as many times as the team requires. 

MSSL requires 3 women line-ups.

• If a team cannot field enough women for a game and have the required 4 women on their active roster:

  1. Teams are allowed to borrow a maximum of 1 female from another MSSL Team (managers must follow the ‘guest player’ protocol)

     1. If a team only has one roster player and one borrowed player, the 3rd spot in the line-up will be an automatic out. 

     2. If a team is using 2 roster players, they can borrow one player to avoid the automatic out. 

  2. All teams MUST have at least 1 female from their roster to avoid a forfeit. 

Overthrown balls that hit the concrete path will be called dead balls and the runner will be granted the base they are going to and one extra base no matter where the throw is from.