Playing rules will be according to the Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Rule Book, including
all Pitching and Minimum Play time regulation with the following exceptions:

• Bases are 70 feet apart.
• Pitching mound is 50 feet.
• Each team will bat the entire lineup, and there will be free substitution.
• All players will play a minimum of 2 defensive innings.
• NO 9 Year olds will play in AAA.
• A regulation game consists of 6 innings.
• Time Limit: No new inning will start after 1 hour and 45 minutes of play.
• Home book will keep official start time, which shall be official prior to the first pitch being thrown.  Start time will be written in the book.
• If a Cal Ripken Division game fails to reach the regulation minimum of 3 1/2 innings, it is not a regulation game and must be replayed as a new game.
• Regular season games with a score tied at the end of last regulation inning will be declared a tie. No additional innings will be played.  
• Specific Pitch Count rules outlined in pitch count limitaitons must be followed. 
• We will call and enforce balks in AAA Majors, however balks will be instructional in AAA Minors. Coaches need to use this as a time to teach. However, if a runner steels second (for example) and a balk occurs to put the runner out, the runner does not have to go back to first and the out is negated.
• All non-wood bats must have the USABat Marking. Barrel Maximum- 2 5/8". No BBCOR Bats are permitted in the Cal Ripken Division.