General Rules

Violation of these policies are ground for sanction including immediate disqualification of the coach and/or entire team.

Although we have listed the most common park rules, many city owned parks have other local rules.  It is the sole responsibility of each team, coach, player and fan to familiarize themselves all park rules.

• GRIMES PARK is an ALCOHOL-FREE facility No alcoholic beverages are allowed.
  
• NO COOLERS are allowed, except for SMALL SOFT-SIDED COOLER FOR RAGS ONLY.  NO LARGE COOLERS WILL BE ALLOWED
  
• FIREARMS are strictly prohibited.
  
• NO PETS are allowed.
• TOBACCO is allowed in Designated Areas Only.
• ABUSIVE or VULGAR language is not allowed.
• NO Skateboards, Bicycles, Scooters, Roller Blades or Roller Skates are allowed.

PARK FIELD POLICY

• NO ONE will be allowed to take live batting practice, pick-up games or home run derbys on unoccupied fields. If any team or player is caught, the team will be subject to disqualification from playing in the tournament and forfeiture of their entry fee.
  
• NO ONE will be allowed to throw, bounce, kick or hit a ball of any kind against the exterior walls of the Championship Field
  
• Metal Cleats are not allow on portable mounds in several of the parks we play.

COACH’S RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coaches are responsible for the actions of their team, players and fans.
•  DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PLAYERS to use an unoccupied field for warm-up, batting practice, pick-up games or home run derby games.
• FOR FIELD SAFETY, all coaches, equipment and players are expected to be in the dugout during games.
• One coach may occupy the third base coach’s box and one coach may occupy the first base coach’s box when his team is hitting.  Two players are allowed out of the dugout when their team is hitting, the hitter and the hitter on deck.
• When the team is in the field, no one is allowed out of the dugout except a coach who will be allow just outside the dugout against the fence or sitting to give the pitching signs to the catcher.

FIELD ETIQUETTE

• Keep all equipment inside the dugout
• NO INFIELD practice before the game.
•  Stay off the infield until game time.
  
• NO BATTING practice before a game except with the use of wiffle balls
• Never soft-toss into the fence.  Bring a portable net to hit into or hit wiffle balls into the outfield.
• Do not allow your players to dig holes into the turf.
• Never leave trash on the field or in the dugout.