- Females hit with the 11 inch ball and males hit with the 12 inch ball. If a female hits the 12 inch ball her options are: Re-hit with the correct ball or keep the outcome of the hit she had with the 12 inch ball.
- In the field: They do not have to be M-F-M-F etc. They can have a male at third and at short. The females would have to play second and first if this is how they set up. Same in the outfield.
- Male pitching, female catching or vice versa.
- Batters start out with a 1 and 1 count (1 ball and 1 strike). *There will be no courtesy foul.*
- Seven inning games, with the ten run rule after five innings and fifteen run rule after three innings. Games can end in a tie if the time limit is reached and the score is tied.
- Each team is allowed to bat up to 12 people (10 in the field and up to 2 extra hitters). You may not have more males than female in the batting order.
- A team is allowed to play with a minimum of 8 players. There may never be more males than females. They may have more females than males, i.e., 7 females and 1 male or 6 females and 4 males. (Minimum of one male)
- If a pitcher walks a male with less then two outs, it will be an automatic double for the male and the next female batter is required to bat. If a pitcher walks a male with two outs, it is still an automatic double for the male; however, the next female batter has her option of batting or walking.
- Batting order must be M-F-M-F-M etc. If they have more females than males it could be F-F-F-M-F-M. Two males can never bat back to back.
- If a female gets hurt and has to come out of the game, one male has to come out of the game as well, if they are playing with equal amounts. They can replace the injured female if they have extra females on the bench and the male can stay in the game. A minimum of eight players must be maintained to continue a game.
- Absolutely NO ALCOHOL is allowed in the dugouts. (Except in Parking Lot, a beer permit must be with you when you are drinking. A beer permit can be purchased at the Fargo Park District Office at 701 Main Ave). Absolutely NO EXCEPTIONS. Teams may be banished from their league with no refund for violation of this rule.
- Games will have 1 hour and 5 minute time limit. No inning will start after the 1 hour and 5 minute has expired. Games may end in a tie at the end of the time limit.
- Men are allowed only WOOD or BAMBOO BATS that meet ASA standards will be allowed (Diameter of the barrel) during the Coed Softball Season. (No alloy or composite barrels/handles of any kind will be allowed!) Women can use any certified ASA bat. All legal alloy bats will need to have an orange tape on them before you can use them.
- All other rules will follow the ASA Rule Book.
- Home team is the right team on the schedule.
- EJECTION RULE: If a player is ejected from any game for any unsportsmanlike reason he/she must sit out the remainder of that night and the whole next night they play.
- Roster Deadline will be June 21st . Roster additions can be made at the site. Supervisor will be at sites before your first game.
- Forfeits: If your team forfeits the 6:30 game, your next game forfeit time is 7:00. If your team forfeits the 8:30 game, your next game forfeit time is 9:00.
- Players can play on more than one coed softball team. Exception: YOU CAN NOT play on more than one coed softball team on the same night.
- HOME RUN LIMIT: 2 per game (all levels).These are home runs over the outfield fence. After the limit is reached, each ball hit over the fence will be an automatic out.
- Any player who hits a home run over the fence is not required to run the bases.
- Please check FargoParks.com for inclement weather conditions. We will try to have this updated by 4:00 pm for cancellations. If it does rain after that time an on-site decision may have to be made. Sometimes on-site decisions are inevitable; we always try to give teams some kind of warning if possible (weather systems do move in quickly and just because rain is in the forecast doesn’t mean we are going to cancel).
- RAIN-OUTS: The first league rain-out will not be made up. Every team will be guaranteed at least 14 league games and 2 tournament games. Rainouts (after the first one) will be made up either during the week of July 4th or after the last schedule week.
