Fort Vancouver Little League Rules

Fort Vancouver L.L. will follow the rules and regulations of Little League Baseball, Inc.
Fort Vancouver L.L. is a non-profit corporation. All Corporation members are required to pay a minimum fee of $1.00 annually and all board members must be corporation members. Any person sincerely interested in active participation to further the objective of this League may apply to become a regular member. General Membership is open to anyone.
All managers, coaches, board members, umpires and other adults that spend time with the children of this league must submit a volunteer application to the league so a background check can be completed. This is required by Little League International.
Managers, coaches & umpires will be subject to censure by the Board of Directors for misconduct on the field, or FAILING TO CARRY OUT THEIR TEAM &/OR LEAGUE RESPONSIBILITIES. ANY manager or coach ejected from a game by an Umpire will be suspended from the next game his or her team plays. A second ejection during the same season will cause the ejected person to miss 2 games and will have to explain why this happened to the Board.
Any player being disciplined or absent must be reported to the opposing manager & official scorekeeper prior to the start of the game.
Any manager, coach or player THROWING EQUIPTMENT WITH MALICE may be suspended from play for the remainder of the game.
No practice during the school year before 4:00pm, except weekends. NO PRACTICE DURING SCHEDULED WORK PARTIES. (EXCEPTIONS WILL BE GRANTED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS).
Due to insurance requirements, team practice will ONLY be on contracted Practice Fields, City Parks, or School Dist. Property as assigned.
The first team that arrives at the field for a game will begin preparing the field for play. When the next team arrives, they will also help get the field ready. This way the field should always be ready for play at the assigned time for that game. Yes, this means that some teams will always start this process first, because everyone has a different work schedule.
After EVERY game, win or lose, the manager and team are responsible for picking up the trash in the dugouts, field area & stand area. HOME AND VISITORS-WIN OR LOSE-NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! Also. Both teams are responsible for raking the field and putting away the bases.
There will be a BOARD MEMBER ON DUTY assigned for every day at the ball field. These will assigned at the beginning of the year when you get you schedules.
The BOARD MEMBER ON DUTY shall stop or not let a game start when he/she feels the playing conditions are unsafe. Reasons to do this include: Rain, darkness, conditions of the field, & cold weather.
There will be 2 tryouts for ages 8-12 on the first 2 Saturdays in February and a makeup date on the 3rd Saturday in February. On this date we will also do the 13-16 yr old boys and all softball teams. The Major draft will follow the 3rd tryout date as soon as possible with the National draft following. 13-16 yr old draft and softball draft will take place after the third tryout date.
DRAFT SECRECY - players shall never be told the position (round) in which they were drafted.
Major draft will start with the last place team picking first & the first place team picking last in each round. National draft will have each manager pick a number and follow this order--1-2-3-4 in the 1st Round, then 4-3-2-1 then 1-2-3-4 and will repeat this reversal until all eligible children are drafted.
Maximum number of players on each team will be: Big League 16, all other divisions it is 15 except for T-Ball which has no limits.
If an official scorekeeper is not available then the home team scorekeeper will be the official scorekeeper.
PLAYERS NOT GETTING THEIR MINIMUM PLAYING TIME IN A GAME THAT IS SHORTENED FOR ANY REASON WILL START THE NEXT GAME. IN THIS NEXT GAME THAT CHILD OR CHILDREN ONLY HAS TO PLAY THE MINIMUN TIME REQUIRED BY LITTLE RULES. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE UP THE LOST TIME!!
In the National League & Minor Softball one half inning consists of 3 outs or 5 runs, which ever occurs first.
When teams interleague with other leagues, they will follow the interleague rules in effect at all times. Managers must carry a copy of these rules with them at all times. Keep them in your scorebook.
To assist our league, all teams will be responsible to work in the concession stand anywhere from 5-7 days during the season. A schedule will be given to the manager with his game schedule.
When more than two games are scheduled on a field, no new inning will start after 2 ¼ hours. This rule does not apply unless a game is official according to Little League rules when the new inning starts.
To reschedule games: go to the concession stand and on the north wall just inside the door there are calendars for each field that tell you when the next open date or time slot is for the make-up game. You are to take the first available slot with few exceptions. These exceptions will be granted by the FVLL president. MAJOR DIVISIONS AND ABOVE HAVE PRIORITY.
All-stars are selected as follows: Major level--players vote for 8 children with the top 6 being put on an all-star team & the remainder of the players being selected by the Managers. 10-11 & 9-10 all-stars will be selected by the Managers. If one of the top 6 vote getters in the major level is an 11 yr. old then that player will be put on the 10-11 all-star team before the managers select the other players on that team. Junior and Senior boys and softball teams are selected by the managers. Major level players cannot vote anyone on their own team.
All-star Managers will be selected by the FVLL President after consultation with other board members. The President will then ask the board for approval of these managers. The managers will have an opportunity to select their coaches and the board will approve or deny these selections.
All players that sign up to play for Fort Vancouver Little League will be assigned to a team. No one will be placed in the player pool unless absolutely necessary.