1) The Tree Rule - Trees, though not roots, are considered air. Any ball deflected off a tree may be caught for an out or land in fair territory for a hit. Balls lodged in trees may be plucked out or dislodged by ambitious fielders. Any ball lodged in a part of a tree in foul territory but not dislodged after 19 minutes shall be called a foul ball and play continues. Any ball lodged in a part of a tree in fair territory but not dislodged in 19 minutes shall be declared a triple.
2) The Havelock Rule (Named after Havelock, the rule was created to stop him from fouling pitches off and extending at bats to up to 15 minutes.) After two strikes, batters are allowed two foul balls. If they foul off a third pitch the batter is declared "struck out."
3) No runner is allowed to run into a catcher. The runner may slide into the plate or try to step around the catcher to touch home plate, but he may not initiate contact with the catcher. If he does initiate contact with the catcher he shall be declared out.
4) No runner may advance on a pick-off attempt.
5) A pitcher may ask one and only one umpire, for any reason, to not umpire in a game and this request shall be granted.
I think these rules have served us well. In an upcoming blog I will address the adoption of new rules. For now, I want to hear any comments from players who think we should repeal any of these...
4 comments:
i would like to put the tree rule up for a vote at the winters meetings
every league except this one states if a ball hits a tree, it is a dead ball
let have the players decide to keep this rule in effect or not
False,
Joe Gerbers co-ed UWS bar league has a tree rule, and it's incredible.
who is this?
i played for joe's team this season (tap-a-keg)and the trees around 1st and 3rd are dead balls
some trees out in the outfield are in play but they are in HR territory
they should remove the anonymous part of this blog-anyone who wants to write in this should have to identify themselves
this way hav won't think the comments made anonymously were made by me (which he has in the past)
whoever wrote this must be one of hav's cronies...
jeffy
I agree with Jeff that we should identify ourselves.
To my mind, the tree rule has been much fun.
We're not going to make any rule changes unless there is a groundswell for it. If I get five 2011 dues payers calling for a change in any one of these rules I will put it on a ballot to be voted on by the league. In order to be counted you must sign your name to your comment and have paid your 2011 dues.
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