Stunt Softball League

Official Rules – 2026

1. GAMES WILL LAST 7 INNINGS OR NO NEW INNING WILL START AFTER 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, EXTRA INNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY BASED ON TIME REMAINING, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE SCORED AS A TIE IN THE STANDINGS. THE UMPIRE WILL DETERMINE OFFICIAL GAME TIME. LAST OUT OF PREVIOUS INNING WILL BE THE START OF THE NEW INNING. YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO PLAY AT OFFICIAL GAME TIME. LASTLY, NO NEW INNING WILL START AFTER 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES IF ONE TEAM IS BEATING ANOTHER TEAM BY 15 OR MORE RUNS.
   
2. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY:
   1. INDIVIDUAL RELEASE FORMS AND ROSTERS WITH NO LIMIT OF LEGITIMATE PLAYERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 24, 2026 (NO EXCEPTIONS) ! ROSTERS MUST BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO LARRY ROSENTHAL. A TEAM WILL RECEIVE FORFEITS AND MAY BE SUSPENDED PRIOR TO THE THIRD WEEK OF PLAY IF THE ROSTER AND RELEASE FORMS ARE NOT RECEIVED. THE RELEASES AND ROSTERS MUST BE SIGNED BY INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS AND THE ROSTERS MUST ALSO BE SIGNED BY THE TEAM MANAGER.
   2. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY IS AS FOLLOWS: IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUNT SOFTBALL LEAGUE, YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE SAG/AFTRA TELEVISION, THEATRICAL, STREAMING OR COMMERCIAL STUNT CONTRACT, WHICH WILL BE VERIFIED BY THE LEAGUE. YOU MAY ALSO BE PART OF A RECOGNIZED STUNT SHOW TO PARTICIPATE. STUDENT FILMS, SAG WAIVERS, FREE PROJECTS OR NON UNION DO NOT COUNT. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM ONLY THE 2025 SEASON. ANY NEW ADDITIONS TO A ROSTER MUST BE SUBMITTED IMMEDIATELY ON AN ORIGINAL ADD FORM. NO NEW ADDITIONS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER THE FIFTH WEEK OF PLAY.
3. ONE WOMAN MUST BAT WITHIN THE TOP TEN BATTING POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE GAME, ALONG WITH PLAYING DEFENSIVELY. NO WOMEN IS CONSIDERED A FORFEIT. IF A PLAYER IS REMOVED FROM THE BATTING ORDER, HE/SHE CANNOT RE-ENTER THE GAME. SHOULD A PLAYER DROP OUT OF THE BATTING ORDER FOR ANY REASON AND THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PLAYER ELIGIBLE TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT PLAYER, THAT BATTING POSITION WILL BE AN OUT THE NEXT TIME IT COMES UP AND WILL BE DISSOLVED FROM THE LINEUP THE SECOND TIME IT COMES UP IN THE ORDER.
4. A TEAM MAY BORROW A LIMIT OF UP TO 2 PLAYERS FROM OTHER TEAMS AT ANY TIME DURING THE GAME TO FIELD DEFENSIVELY 9 PLAYERS, ONLY DURING THE REGULAR SEASON AND MUST PLAY EITHER 1B, 2B, RF OR CATCHER, AND MUST OCCUPY THE LAST BATTING POSITION(S) IN THE LINEUP. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED DURING ANY PLAYOFF GAME. ONCE A REGULAR ROSTERED PLAYER SHOWS UP, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY DO A STRAIGHT SUBSTITUTION FOR THE BORROWED PLAYER. IF A PLAYER SUSTAINS AN INJURY OR LEAVES FOR ANY REASON DURING YOUR GAME AND YOU NEED TO BORROW A PLAYER, YOU MUST DROP DOWN TO 9 PLAYERS DEFENSIVELY AS WELL, BUT CAN STILL BAT MORE THEN 9 AT ANY TIME.
5. THERE WILL BE A FIVE-MINUTE GRACE PERIOD TO FIELD EIGHT PLAYERS. IF A TEAM CAN FIELD EIGHT PLAYERS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WOMAN, THERE WILL BE NO PENALTIES .
   
6. BATTERS WILL START WITH A COUNT OF ONE BALL AND ONE STRIKE. WITH TWO STRIKES, THE BATTER IS ALLOWED ONE FOUL BALL AND THE SECOND FOUL IS CONSIDERED STRIKE THREE.
   
7. RUNNERS MAY LEAD OFF ONCE THE PITCHER HAS RELEASED THE PITCH AND PICKOFFS ARE ALLOWED, WHICH WILL BE A FORCE OUT PLAY. ALL RUNNER(S) CAN ONLY ADVANCE ON A BAD THROW TO ANY BASE FOR A PICK OFF OR IF THE BALL IS HIT.
   
8. FIVE INNINGS WILL CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE GAME IF STOPPED DUE TO RAIN OR OTHER UNCONTROLLABLE FACTORS.
   
9. THE PITCH MUST BE OVER THE BATTERS HEAD AND THERE IS NO LIMIT WITH REGARDS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE PITCH.
   
10. MANAGERS MUST BRING ONE NEW BALL AND ONE GOOD BACK-UP BALL TO EACH GAME. NEW GAME BALLS WILL BE PROVIDED TO MANAGERS AHEAD OF TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON BY THE LEAGUE ALONG WITH A SCOREBOOK. ONE NEW BALL FOR EACH GAME.
    
11. DUE TO THE PARKS’ RULES AND REGULATIONS, ALCOHOL IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FIELDS OR PREMISES AT ANY TIME. WE WILL LOSE OUR PERMITS AND THE RIGHT TO USE ANY FIELDS IF YOU DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS RULE. NOT TO MENTION THE FORFEIT OF TEAM FEES. THOSE CAUGHT WITH ALCOHOL WILL FORFEIT THEIR NEXT GAME. A SECOND OFFENSE WILL REMOVE THE TEAM FROM THE LEAGUE. THIS INCLUDES FANS.
    
12. THE UMPIRE WILL KEEP THE OFFICIAL SCORE AND HUSTLE THE PLAYERS IN AND OUT. EACH MANAGER SHOULD KEEP A SCORE BOOK WITH HIS/HER TEAMS PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH ASSISTING GETTING THE PLAYERS IN AND OUT SO THAT WE CAN PLAY 7 INNINGS. MANAGERS SHOULD CHECK THE SCORE WITH THE UMPIRE AT THE END OF EACH INNING. RESULTS AND STANDINGS WILL BE UPDATED EACH WEEK AT STUNTSOFTBALLLEAGUE.COM.
    
13. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR SEASON, ALL TEAMS WILL MAKE THE DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS. IN CASE OF REGULAR SEASON TIES, TEAM vs TEAM AND THEN LEAST AMOUNT OF RUNS ALLOWED AGAINST THAT TEAM WILL DECIDE THE FINAL STANDINGS. HIGHER REGULAR SEASON SEEDED TEAMS WILL RETAIN HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS. THE PLAYOFFS WILL LAST 3-4 WEEKS.
    
14. EACH TEAM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A SEASON SCHEDULE VIA OUR WEBSITE (www.stuntsoftballleague.com) AND YOU SHOULD SHARE THAT WEBSITE WITH ALL OF YOUR PLAYERS. EACH TEAM WILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF HOME GAMES.
    
15. IF THERE ARE ANY DISCREPANCIES DURING PLAY WHICH CAN’T BE SETTLED BY THE UMPIRE WITH THE MANAGERS, A PROTEST SHOULD BE MADE TO THE LEAGUE BOARD. THE UMPIRE MUST BE MADE AWARE THAT A PROTEST IS BEING MADE AND A PROTEST FEE OF $40 MUST BE GIVEN TO THE UMPIRE. THIS FEE WILL BE REFUNDED IF THE PROTEST IS ALLOWED OR FORFEITED IF NOT ALLOWED. THE PROTEST MUST BE FILED NO LATER THEN THE END OF THE LAST INNING, NOT THE END OF THE GAME. THE BOARD WILL REVIEW ANY SUCH PROTEST AND RULE ON IT BY NEXT WEEK’S GAMES. YOU CANNOT PROTEST A JUDGMENT CALL. LET’S HOPE THIS PROCESS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
    
16. IF AN UMPIRE EJECTS A PLAYER FROM A GAME, HE/SHE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE TEAMS NEXT GAME. IF THIS PLAYER PLAYS IN THE NEXT GAME OR IS EJECTED A SECOND TIME DURING THE SEASON, HE/SHE WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN LEAGUE GAMES THE REST OF THE SEASON. IF HE/SHE DOES PLAY AFTER EJECTION FROM THE LEAGUE, THAT TEAM WILL FORFEIT ALL GAMES THAT THE EJECTED PLAYER PARTICIPATED IN. AGAIN, THIS LEAGUE IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED BY ALL AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM.
    
17. IN CASE OF RAIN, PLEASE REFER TO STUNTSOFTBALLLEAGUE.COM FOR THE MOST CURRENT UPDATES. ALL GAMES GO ON AS SCHEDULED UNLESS STUNTSOFTBALLLEAGUE.COM INSTRUCTS DIFFERENTLY ON THE HOME PAGE. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT LARRY.
    
18. NO BASEBALL, TITANIUM, COMPOSITE OR MULTI-WALL BATS MAY BE USED AT ANYTIME. IF AN ILLEGAL BAT IS DISCOVERED BEING USED, THE PLAYER CAUGHT USING THE BAT WILL BE CALLED OUT AND ANY RUNNERS WHO ADVANCED WILL RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL BASES. THE UMPIRE OR OPPOSING TEAM MUST NOTICE THE ILLEGAL BAT BEFORE THE NEXT BATTER HAS BEEN PITCHED TO. IF A TEAM GETS CAUGHT WITH AN ILLEGAL BAT FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE PLAYER CAUGHT USING THE BAT WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE GAME AND SUSPENDED FOR ONE ADDITIONAL GAME. IF A TEAM IS CAUGHT A THIRD TIME, THEY WILL FORFEIT THE GAME IN PROGRESS AND THE NEXT GAME AS WELL. IF A TEAM GETS CAUGHTFOR A FOURTH TIME, THEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE LEAGUE. CURRENT ILLEGAL BAT LIST IS HERE illegal bats.
    
19. OUT OF PLAY BOUNDARIES WILL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO YOUR GAME BY THE UMPIRE.
    
20. A PINCH RUNNER MAY BE USED AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE RUNNER ON BASE WHO WANTS TO BE REPLACED. A MANAGER CANNOT OVERRIDE A PLAYER WHO DECLINES A PINCH RUNNER. THE PINCH RUNNER MUST BE THE BATTER WHO MADE THE LAST OUT REGARDLESS OF GENDER. THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE PINCH RUNNER PER INNING.
    
21. IF A TEAM FORFEITS WITHOUT CANCELING THEIR GAME BY NOTIFYING LARRY ROSENTHAL AND THE OPPOSING TEAM’S MANAGER BY 5 PM ON THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO THE GAME, A FORFEIT FEE OF $40.00 WILL BE DUE. IF THE FEE IS NOT PAID, SUBSEQUENT GAMES WILL BE CANCELED AND FORFEITED UNTIL THE FEE IS PAID. EVERY SUBSEQUENT GAME WILL BE A FORFEIT UNTIL THIS FEE IS PAID. RE-SCHEDULED GAMES (UNLESS CANCELED BY THE LEAGUE DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER CONDITIONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL) ARE NOT PERMITTED.
    
22. THREE FORFEITS WILL GET A TEAM REMOVED FROM THE LEAGUE AND WILL FORFEIT THEIR LEAGUE FEES.
    
23. MANAGERS MUST PRESENT TO OPPOSING MANAGER BEFORE THE GAME HIS/HER BATTING ORDER. THESE RULES APPLY TO THE BATTING ORDER:
    1. A MINIMUM OF ONE WOMAN MUST BAT WITHIN THE TOP TEN BATTING POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE GAME ALONG WITH PLAYING DEFENSIVELY.
    2. SHOULD A PLAYER DROP OUT OF THE BATTING ORDER FOR ANY REASON AND THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PLAYER ELIGIBLE TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT PLAYER, THAT BATTING POSITION WILL BE AN OUT THE NEXT TIME IT COMES UP AND WILL BE DISSOLVED THE SECOND TIME IT COMES UP IN THE ORDER. YOU CANNOT DROP A BATTING POSITION AND FALL BELOW THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS REQUIRED TO PLAY THE GAME.
       
    3. IF A PLAYER IS REMOVED FROM THE BATTING ORDER, HE/SHE CANNOT RE-ENTER THE GAME.
       
    4. A LATE PLAYER MAY ENTER THE GAME AT ANY TIME AND CAN EITHER DO A STRAIGHT SUBSTITUTION OR BE ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BATTING LINEUP.
24. ALL GAMES WILL ALLOW ONLY FIVE WARM UP PITCHES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME. ALL SUBSEQUENT INNINGS WILL ALLOW ONLY THREE PITCHES BETWEEN INNINGS. THIS IS TO HELP MOVE THE GAME ALONG AND COMPLETE AS MANY INNINGS AS POSSIBLE. NEW PITCHERS WILL GET FIVE WARM-UP PITCHES.
    
25. THE TEAM LEAGUE ENTRY FEE IS $1,450. FOR UP TO 20 PLAYERS AND $72.50 FOR EACH PLAYER OVER 20. IT MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 16, 2026, AS THE CITY REQUIRES ALL PERMITS TO BE PAID 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO PLAYING. FEES COVER ALL FIELD USE, UMPIRE FEES, THE WEBSITE, BALLS, AWARDS, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, PICNIC AND OTHER MONEYS NEEDED TO RUN THE LEAGUE.
    
26. BASES, TEMPLATE AND A 1st BASE EXTENSION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR AND SET UP BY THE UMPIRE. ALL PLAYERS WHO OVERRUN 1ST BASE MUST USE THE EXTENSION TO DO SO OR WILL BE CALLED OUT.
    
27. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL PLAYERS CARRY PERSONAL MEDICAL INSURANCE. THE LEAGUE, BOARD MEMBERS, MANAGERS AND PARKS OFFER NO INSURANCE, COVERAGE OR LIABILITY. ALL PLAYERS AGREE TO PLAY AT THEIR OWN RISK.
    
28. BASE RUNNERS MUST AVOID CONTACT WITH THE FIELDERS WHEN A PLAY CAN BE MADE AT THE BASE A RUNNER IS ADVANCING TO. THE RUNNER MUST DO THIS BY SLIDING OR BY GETTING OUT OF THE WAY. AT THE SAME TIME, A DEFENSIVE PLAYER MUST AVOID CONTACT WITH THE RUNNER IF THERE IS NOT A PLAY TO BE MADE. THE UMPIRE HAS THE RIGHT TO CALL A RUNNER OUT IF THEY FEEL THE BASE RUNNER INTERFERED WITH THE FIELDERS ABILITY TO MAKE A PLAY. THE UMPIRE ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO CALL THE RUNNER SAFE AND/OR ADVANCE THE RUNNER IF A DEFENSIVE PLAYER INTERFERED WITHOUT A PLAY.
    
29. UNTIL THE BALL IS HIT, ALL OUTFIELDERS MUST REMAIN ON THE OUTFIELD GRASS. THE UMPIRE BEFORE EACH GAME WILL DETERMINE THIS AREA. WHEN A WOMAN IS UP TO BAT, OUTFIELDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED CLOSER THEN THE CONES UNTIL CONTACT IS MADE.
    
30. TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. TEAMS WHO FAIL TO DO THIS WILL BE WARNED AND/OR FINED.
    
31. THE UMPIRE WILL DESIGNATE THE PITCHING RUBBER BEFORE THE GAME BEGINS. PITCHERS MUST START THEIR PITCH WITH ONE FOOT ON THE RUBBER AND KEEP IT ON THE RUBBER UNTIL THE BALL IS RELEASED.
    
32. IF AN UMPIRE FAILS TO APPEAR, BOTH MANAGERS MUST DESIGNATE AN UMPIRE AND PLAY THE GAME. IF THIS FAILS TO HAPPEN, THE GAME WILL BE CONSIDERED A DOUBLE FORFEIT.
    
33. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED THAT ALL PLAYERS WEAR CLEATS WHILE PLAYING, FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR METAL CLEATS OF ANY KIND.
    
34. WE WILL INSTITUTE AN ALTERNATE HOME RUN RULE FOR BALLS THAT ARE HIT OVER THE OUTFIELD FENCE, MEANING THAT ONCE A TEAM HITS A HOME RUN, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HIT ANOTHER HOME RUN UNTIL THE OPPOSING TEAM HAS HIT ONE. AFTER THE OPPOSING TEAM HITS ONE, THEN THE HOME RUN IS OPEN UNTIL A TEAM HITS ONE AGAIN. SHOULD A TEAM HIT ANY SUBSEQUENT ONES AFTER THEIR LAST ONE WITHOUT THE OPPOSING TEAM HITTING ONE, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A GROUND RULE DOUBLE UNTIL THE OPPOSING TEAM HITS ONE.
    
35. THESE RULES MAY BE MODIFIED AT ANY TIME AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE LEAGUE BOARD. MANAGERS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH CHANGES.
    
36. ALL MANAGERS MUST SHARE THESE RULES AND THE WEBSITE WITH THEIR PLAYERS.
    
37. MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL…………. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!